la Héronnière : name of the estate of Don Arabrosio

Lerdo — 'Héron Court.'

,, 12. Alvarado : south of Vera Cruz, on the coast of the Bay of Campeachj-.

, 22. aussi avait-il : see note, p. 7 1. 10.

, ,. 27. du Texas: the extrême soutli- western state of the American Union, about twice as large as tlie British Isles.

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60. 3. son cousin germain : lus cousin-german, i.e. his first cousin. Germain cornes from Lat. accusative gervianum (belonging to brothers and sisters).

,, 4. qui un frère, qui un ami : note this use of the relative qui as an indefinite pronoun with the sensé of 'some . ., others . .' ,, 9. fut assez heureux pour réussir : note that ' to ' following an expression with ' enough ' is always rendered hj 2}our in French ; e.g.

'he is rich enough to do if — il est assez riche pour le faire.

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