nappes: the technical name for such nets, so called from

their being laid flat over the ground.

9. jouent, ' coo," as a decoy for the others. ,, 10. à la grlandée, ' to the mast,' * to corne acorning. Glandée,

' a crop of mast ' ; gland, ' acorn. ' ,, 13. Oloron : a small town in the department of the Basses-

P\Ténées.

au pertxiis rameux, ' in the narrow and woody defîle. ' ,, 14. Navarre : formerly a province of France, now a part of the

Basses- P>Ténées.

,. 16. plongent, 'swoopdown.'

vont donner de l'aile, ' go and get their wings entangled. '

Cf. donner du pied, de la tête, contre, ' to strike one's foot,

one's head, against. ' ,. 17. pantière, also pantenne, ' a draw-net stretched vertically.'

Cf. pant, an old word for a net.

,, 21. palomière : a lurking-place, arranged on the top of a con-

venient tree, for the decoying of ring-doves, enabling the

sportsman lying in wait for them to shoot them easily ; also

palombière. Cf. la palombe, ' ring-dove ' (Lat. /«//^w^^j),