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. Té! vé! c'est Tartarin: Helloî ther^s Tartarin, Té, vé are Provençal forms of tenez, venez, used as exclamations.