tient pour, thinks ; Ut., " holds to be

3. la générale qui se bat, the drums are beating, Lagénéraley''i\iQ rally," or gênerai call to quarters.

Page 89. — i. "paxiie, game.

Page 91. — I. tarifs de l'administration. Schedules of maximum priées were issued at intervais by the govemment.

Page 92. — i . et pour cause, and for a very good reason too, i. e., communication with the sea was eut ofï.

2. poule aux œufs d'or is the French équivalent for the English goose that laid golden eggs.

Page 94. — i . Second Empire. The reign of Napoléon III. (Dec. 2, 1852-Sept. 4, 1870).