Faisait serrer les rangs — Made theni close the ranks

33. Houlans. — The more correct form idûans is used on p. 49.

34. I)e distance en distance — Along the line, at intervais. Une chanson qui vous donnait la cliair de p)oide — A song

that made your tlesh crecp. The anthor alludes to the Marseillaise. See also note to p. 97.

35. Acharnés— Exciieô.. The real meaning and force of acharner and s'acharner ought to be well fixed in the mind, as ail renderings of thèse words in Engiish are unsatisfactory. Acharner was primitively a term of falconry, of which so many hâve entered into gênerai usage. It meant originally to put flesh on the lure in order to excite the bird ; hence to flesh, to excite violently. The radical char is the same as chair ^ flesh.

Cas&ines — Hovels, hnts. Cassine commonly means a pleasurehouse in the country.

Guévoir — Horse-pond. Giiévoir is often used in some of the eastern provinces of France instead of ah'euvoir.

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