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cuivres à trophées : brass scutcheons

37. un rocher de Saint-Hélène sous globe : a tnodel (or perhaps a fragment) of the rock of St. Helena under a glass. Napoléon spent the last six years of his life in banishment on that island in the South Atlantic, 11 40 miles from the nearest mainland.

38. manches à gigot: leg-ofmutton sleeves ; i. e.y pufîed from shoulder to elbow ; the fashion has been revived.

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