Le Fleuve tari

13 le fleuve, the river, stream tari, Past. Part, of tarir, to

dry up

14 11 y avait, Impf. of il y a,

impers, phrase = there is,

there are le berger, thé shepherd garder, to look after, to attend le chameau, the camel le bord, the bank, shore le lac, the lake le JOT»r, thé day

Line p. «.

14 en, prep., in, here whilst ; the

only preposition after which

the Verb is put in the Pr. P.

See II. Ex. 22 abreuver, to water [cattle) ;

comp. 1. 34

16 le troupeau, the flock, herd s'aperçut, Prêt, of — \\. 14

s'apercevoir. See p. i,

l'eau, f , water

fuyait, 3 p. s. Impf. of fuir (fuyant, fui ; je fuis, je fuis), to fee, escape. See II. § 9, {b)

par, by, through

une issue, the outlet, issue

1 7 souterrain, -e, subterranean,

underground la; see 1. ii fermer, to shut, to close avec, with

gros, fem. grosse, big la pierre, the stone y, into it. See also 1. 12

18 laisser, to let tomber, to fall laisser tomber, to drop mais, but

le bâton, the stick, staff quelque, adj., some après, adv. and prep., after des, of the. See I. Ex. 28

19 la Perse, Persia. Names of

countries are generally ylv;;tnine. See II. § 37, (2)

20 voyant, Pr. P. of voir, to see le pays, the country, land (la patrie, native country, la

campagne, country, f elds) menacer, to thcaten, to mencue le manque, the want

21 consulter, /^ ^<?«5m//

le sage, the wise man, sage

22 sur, upon, on

l'avis, m., the advice, intelligence, opinion envoyer, to send l'émissaire, m., the emissary tons, m. pi. of tout, all

23 le royaume, the kingdom