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470 ËXPLANATORY NOTES.

Page 301. — 1. tingling, or tinkling. 2. whirls. 3. ringing of bells, peals. 4. cracked, s out of tune.'

Page 309. — 1. ogive, a terni used in architecture, applied to projecting lines which, crossing each other diagonally, form an angle at the top of a vault, an arcade, a pointed or arched window, &c. 2. of various colours. 3. sharp and weak. 4. long, slender. 5. calotte, a small coif, which only covers the top of the head, worn by priests in Roman Catholic countries.

Page 312.— 1. mariner s compass.

Page 313. — 1. orviétan (derived from Orvietto, a town inltaly), a quack medicine. 2. jugglers. 3. badaud, a simpleton, a cockney.

4. felt, * shabby hat.? 5. taste. 6. spot. 7. lower orders, rabble.

Page 324. — 1. grape-shot.

Page 328. — 1. exactions, outrages. 2. to manage, direct.

Page 333. — 1. turnings or windings. 2. guns, field-pieces.

Page 335.— 1. whip. 2. rebound.

Page 339. — 1. crenated in the form of battlements. 2. level with the surface of the water. 3. pale, of a dead colour. 4. ornamented headpiece, ' nodding plumes.' 5. towing. 6. fly-boat. 7. 8. & 9. names of vessels used in the Mediterranean. The tartane has one mast and a three-cornered sail. 10. 'handful'; literally, a pinch, the quantity that can be contained in two or three fingers.

Page 344. — 1. cocon, the cocoon or bail of the silk-worm. 2, worn-out tattered vestment.

Page 347. — 1. hedges; charmille, from charme, horn-beam or yoke elm, a tree which shoots principally from the root.

Page 366. — 1 . begone out of my bouse. 2. fit subject for the gallows. 3. if I may say so. 4. lest I knock you on the head.

5. search. 6. spies. 7. you set yourself up for a reasoner ! I will give you such an argument as this about your ears. 8. stingy wretches. 9. are you troubling yourself. 10. barrette, petit bonnet, close-cap; parler à ta barrette, 'box your ears.? 11. whom the cap fits, let him vvear it.

Page 369. — 1. tells me to my face. 2. and in very good circumstances. 3. quickly take by the forelock. 4. one's happiness or misery dépends upon it. 5. take into considération.

Page 37 1. — 1. hearty, lively. 2. fine cause to complain, indeed ! 3. constitution. 4. makesome sacrifice. 5. œconomy of living. 6. jelly-brotbs. 7. peeled (barley). 8. is not so inconsiderable, but that it. 9. in vvhich her equals indulge. 10. garning. 11. hâve heard of. 12. ail at once. 13. noticed me. 14. for want of. 15. will set me on my feet again. 16. letters. 17. que je votes sollicite, solliciter being a transitive verb.

Page 375. — 1. for this evening. 2. is missing. 3. deduct it. 4. to put them in mind. 5. frocks.

Page 3/6. — 1. for you take upon yourself. 2. first course.