particuliers, ' private individuals

1. 16. anglais, hollandais, &c. Notice that in French, adjectives have not capital letters even when geographical.

1. 17. n^en est pas moins, * is none the less for that 1. 18. fils, from fil,

1. 20. ce que c^est qu^un h. n., *what an honest merchant is'. Notice que inserted to strengthen the subject when it cornes at the end of a clause, but not translated in English.

1. 25. qu'il y ait. Notice, not quHl y a the ind., but the subj., because he wishes to express his own doubt on the subject.

1. 26. le mieux quHls peuvent, ' the best they can '. Here the indicative follows the superlative (cf. p. 18, 1. 17) because there is no question of opinion about it, and le mieux qu'ils peuvent is really only = /^ mieux possible.

1. 27. placés. Notice the plur., because the direct object les cornes before the verb which is conjugated with avoir.