Très-rond. — Verv straightforward

42. Reconnaissance du mont-de-pl'té. — Equivalent to pawnbroker's ticket. The mont-de-piété is a species of loan bank where money is len* on pawn, under the superintendence of government.

43. Carafe. — This word, thus used alone, means water-bottle.

44. Biftecks. — This word is hère spelled according to the commonl^ received prononciation. Only those who pride themselves on knowing some English spell beefsteak, and attempt to prouounce it correctly The same is the case with rosbif for roast-beef How little, with som< persons, the idea ofbeefis connected with thèse words, may be seen froa the ridiculous combinations, Bifteck de veau, or rosbif de mouton, — expressions that hâve been seriously used and printed, though now abandoned, and only spoken of in ridicule.