Paul et Virginie. See above, page 99, note

3. Atala. One of Chateaubriand's novels. See above, page 99, note 3. Page 103. — 1 . Ni . . . moins : nor makes them up, i.e. no affectation,

nofixing up in the way he writes them.

Page 105. — 1. Race maorie. One of the Oceanic races to which the inhabitants of Tahiti belong. It is a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian family.

2. La fête . . . chair. Such are the customs of this "naïve" race, who give themselves up to love as simply and as unconsciously as they breathe.