culottes de peau. See page 128, Unes 16 and \y

Page 149. — i. Salomé, the name of the daughter of Herodias, wha asked for the head of John the Baptist (See Matt. xiv.).

2. Salon, the yearly exhibition of Painting and Sculpture in Paris.

Page 151. — I. le restant de nos écus, the balance ofour due,

2, en place, in office.

3. de l'Ecriture, figurative, implying that the statement had been

made with an assumption of the authority attaching to the prophecies of the Scriptures.

Page 152. — i. diable. . , ^ni^inai^^ Jack-tn-the-box, 2. arrondissement, ward,

Tage 154. — i. visage de bois, c/osed doors.

2. s'agitait sur place, went through the motions (without effecting anything).

Page 159. — i. lenrs représentants. The élections were held on ï*ebniary 8th. On the I3th the new Chamber met the German plenipotentiaries at Bordeaux.

Page 160. — I. mettre le holà, put a stop.

Page 161. — I. rôdeurs de barrière, /'^'^âri/j; lit., «prowlera about the gâtes or outskirts."