à nous deux, for both of us

4. il ne m'a pas donné signe de vie, I hâve not heard from him; lit., "he has not given me any sign of life."

Page 88. — 1. soupe au poisson. A kind of chowder popular in Southern France.

Page 89. — 1. je mets à la voile, I saiî.

2. canal du Midi. This canal was built in the latter part of the XVII. century (1667-1681). It connects the Atlantic Océan with the Mediterranean sea and is about 1 50 miles long.

Page 90. — 1. la pleine mer, the ope?i sea. 2. bonne, hère smooth.

3. n' éprouvèrent pas le mal de mer, did not expérience any seasickness.

Page 91. — 1. la poussière humide, the spray. 2. à mon avis, in my opinion.

Page 92. — 1. tout vient, every thing grows.

2. Corse (Corsica). This island was annexed to France in 1768.

3. elle en a raccourci, "it has epitomized ;" it has saviples cf.

4. Ajaccio, the chef-lien, of the department of Corsica, is situated on the western coast of the island.

5. vous n'avez guère de bras, y ou hâve hardly any laborers ; lit., "arms."

Page 9é. — 1. sa gloire ne perdit rien au change, his glory was not lessened by the change.