rio, river, stream. [Spanish

3. Calcutta (fr. Kâli-ghat, a temple devoted to the goddess Kâli), the capital of Bengal, with nearly a million inhabitants.

Page 62. — 1. policeman fr. Engl.; the Fr. word is agent de police

(or in Taris gardien de la paix ; before 1870, sergent de ville).

Page 63. — 1. se laissant aller, sinAing down. 2. salle d'audience, court-room.

Page 65. — 1. au dernier chef, ' in the highest degree ' (M<f/"here

in its etymological sensé of ' head, end ').

Page 66. — I. avait pris acte de, had made a record of. 2. condamne, the subject {la loi) understood.

Page 67. — 1. qu'en tout cas, depending on attendre.