nos chemins creux, see page 147, note

3. les héroïques bleus, the ^^b/i^/' the Repubhcan soldiers of the Révolution, so-called from their blue uniforms and opposed to the ^^white** (''les hlanca**), the Royalists, so-called from the white flag of the French kings.

4. du drapeau tricolore, the new flag, blue, white, and red, of the French Republic, made by blending the blue and red colors of ' the flag of the city of Paris with the white of the royal banner.

5. les Mayençais, the French soldiers of the Révolution in the army of the Rhine at Mayence.

6. Torfou, a village in the département of Afatne-ef-Loire and the scène of a bloody encounter between Royalists and Reçublicans in 1793. The loyalists of Vendée, faithful to the king, fought for three years, without success, against the Révolution (1793-1795).

7. Chouans, a nickname for the Vendéens who used to signal to and call each other at night by imitating the cry of the owl {chouette).

Page 94. 1. Bocage .... Marais, see page 148, note 4.

Page 95. 1. Tête Large . . . Farinet, two names of oxen, *' Square Head'' and ''Whiteg^