éteintes: darkened

12. le Cours. A broad avenue on the edge of the city ; a common feature of French towns. See Tartarin sur les Alpes, page 40.

13. prenant le vent: sniffing the wind, The term is used of a dog when hunting.

14. Tel vél c'est Tartarin: Hello! there's Tartarin, Té, vé ane Provençal forms of tenez, venez, used as exclamations.