Ré, an island opposite La Rochelle

5. avec tous les traits d'une individualité régionale, wUh ail the individualistic and characteristic featurea of our région.

6. Celtes • . . Gaulois, etc., As members of the Celtic race the Gaiils organized in Brittany a last determined résistance, first against the Roman invaders and, later on, against the German invaders of their country. The Celtic language is still spoken in Brittany as it is in Ireland, Scotland, and in the province of Wales.

Page 97. 1. l'invasion des Maures, on the border of Vendée, at Poitiers in 732, Charles Martel, king of France, defeàted the Moors.

2. langue d'ofl, the distinctive language of northem France in the middle âges, as opposed to langue (Toc used in the south of France at that period. Oïl in the north.. oc in the south, were two différent ways of saying oui. Oc came from the Latin hoc, neuter of hic and meaning^/ii8. OU came from hoc combined with ittud, with same meaning.