UNE CHASSE A L'OURS

Page 61. — 1. chasse à l'ours, bear-hunt. — 2. Martigny, a town in Switzerland. — 3. venait voler, came and stole. Note use of infin. after verbs of motion ; thus also ira choisir and venaient faire, below. — 4. se douterait, would suspect. — 5. sel de cuisine, kitchen salt, common salt. — 6. Tiens, imperat. of tenir ; used as an exclamation ; here of surprise — 7 en, any ; lit., of them. — 8. en homme ; comp. II, 1, note 15. — 9. bon enfant, a good fellow. — 10. Supply sera. — 11. selon, according to {circumstances). — 12. aime mieux, prefer ; lit., like better. — 13. Un peu, a familiar expression which may here be translated certainly. — 14. A nous deux, dis ? both of us, do you say so? — 15. encore une fois, once more ; lit., yet one time. — 16. de faire à nous deux, to act for us two, i.e., in partnership. — 17. tout au plus, at the most. — 18. se confondit bientôt tellement, was soon so blended ; se confondit is reflex, for pass. — 19. soit . . . soit que, whether . . . or whether ; lit., be it. — 20. The wind was " bad " for the bear, because it blew from him towards the hunter. — 21. venait se heurter, would have struck ; lit., would have come to strike. Note use of imperfect for conditional to denote perfect certainty. — 22. que, taken. — 23. (venez) A moi, help ! — 24. au (or à) fur et à mesure, in proportion, according. Fur is used only in this phrase, and means about the same as mesure.