Sec et nerveux—Lean anû muscular

117. D'un coup de dent sec il lui faisait claquer la patte— With one sharp bite he snappeü, or cracked, or broke his paw.

118 Grand'route—Main road ; for the apostrophe see note to p. 61.

, ÆEnfoncée sous terre—Sunk below the street.

À fleur de terre—On a level with the ground.

De pointes, de pincettes—Brads, tweezers.

Retournées—Turned inside out.