astre troublant, wandering star

Page 74, — 1. The planet Neptune was discovered 1846, almost simultaneously by the Frenchman Leverrier and the Englishman A dams, by the observation of certain perturbations in the orbit of Uranus.

Page 75, — 1. débarqué, rare for débarquement. 2. revenir, retum with me.

Page 76. — 1. brouette à voile, sort of vehicle with a sail to help

propelling it {brouette, lit. ' wheelbarrow ').