demander secours : see note, p

,, 26. Sizal : a port of Yucatan, a Central American peninsula dividing the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea.

,, 28. la tête basse : see note, p. 1 1. 10.

40. 7. je jurerais voir le Davis : jurer with a plain inSnitive

means ' to be positively certain ' ; jurer de . . means ' to promise solemnly ' ; e. g.

je jure l'avoir vu. je jure de dire la vérité.

,, 20. apparaissait: distinguislibet\veen^jœ7*aî<re = 'to appear,' 'seem' ; ajjparaîtrc =' to a,i>i>ea.T suddenly' ; comparaître = ' to appear in a court of law.'