tient pour, thinks ; lit., ** holds to be

3. la générale qui^se bat, the drums are beating, La générale^^ihe rally,*' orgeneral call to quarters.

Page 89. — i. partie, ^w^.

Page 91. — I . tarifs de Padministration. 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 off.

2. poule aux œufs d'or is the Freneh 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).