il en arrivait, some came; lit., tkere came oftkem

4. Phalsbourg, called by the Germans Pfalzburg^ is in the western part of Alsace, and has belonged to Germany since 187 1.

5. Bœuf-Rouge (so called from its sign) was the name of an hôtel.

6. Phalsbourg was a walled town; and the ** gâte of France " was on the western side, towards France, while the **gate of Germany" was on the eastern side.

7. C'est là qu'il fallait voir, it is there that you shouîd hâve seen.

Page 2* — I. Te Deum, the first words of a Latin hymn of praise. 2. Une telle, sucA and such a one.

Page 3* — I. fasait-il. In familiar style, faire is often used for dire,

2. les Droits de l'Homme was a sort of "Déclaration of Independence," prefixed to the Constitution of 1791. It declared the equality of ail citizens before the law, and the sovereignty of the people,