les stries noires, the hlack stripes or Unes

8. se repère, finds the spot for the straight biting of the saw.

9. vous voyez deux hommes affrontés, etc., you see two men, one with his face toward the ground, the other with his face to the sky.

Page 68. 1. l'ultima Thule de sa connaissance, the farthest reach or limit of his knowledge, Thule was the name given by the Romans to

n distant island în the North Sea, probably one of the Shetlands. It was the farthest point of the world in the North known to the ancients.

2. casquette de drap renouvelée de Louis XI, a doth cap reviving Louis XPs fashion. Louis XI, king of France from 1461 to 1483, is represented Jn hîs portraits with a close-fitting cap of plain cloth pulled down tight over his ears. Being very stingy, Louis rarely changed this headgear and, as he was also very superstitious, he wore images of the saints and medals attached to it.

Page 69. 1. la troupe ailée, the vringed flockf i.e., the birda.