TROISIEME PARTIE

Page 115. — 1. By the treaty of Adrianople ini 829, Russia obtained the sovereignty over these people, who have since been entirely subdued. — 2. Tchetchenges, a tribe with customs similar to those of the Circassians, and, like the latter, living among the Caucasus Mountains. — 3. la ligne, a line of Russian military posts whose object is to restrain these wild mountaineers — 4. Géorgie, Georgia, a Russian province south of the Caucasus.

— 5. Wladi-Caucase, ruler of the Caucasus. — 6. Mosdok, a fortified town on the river Terek. — 7. mettre pied à terre, to dismount. — 8. mis hors de combat, disabled. — 9. A motto much used by Russian soldiers. — 10. Sonja, a tributary of the Terek. — 11. de, during. — 12. à faire endurer au major, to cause the major to endure ; comp. L, 2, note 35.

— 13. si l'on refusait à la ligne, if they at the line, i.e., if those composing the line, should refuse, etc. See note 3. — 14. en, from them. — 15. kislitschi, a kind of beer. — 16. le cosaque, a Russian dance. — 17. à tour de rôle, in turn, by turns. — 18. en dernier ressort, as a last resort, without appeal. — 19. faire entendre raison à l'accusé. See note

12. — 20. More regular would be de bonne, etc. — 21. ne ; comp. IL, 3, note 17. — 22. mollah, a priest ox judge among the Turks. — 23. la Mecque, Mecca. — 24. Tereck, a river flowing into the Caspian Sea north of the Caucasus Mountains. — 25. aurait dû faire naître? ought to have caused to spring up. — 26. en désespéré, desperately ', lit., like one in despair. — 27. suivi, continued. — 28. son refers to peuplade. — 29. un nouveau venu, a new-comer. — 30. devenait; see IL, 2, note 21. — 31. chislik, mutton cut in small pieces and roasted on a spit. — 32. See I., 7, note 59. — 33. seulette, a diminutive of seule, and equal to it in meaning. Used only in poetry. — 34. fait; comp. I., 1, note 1. — 35. il me manque de foi, he is faithless to me. — 36. Il en arrivera ce qu'il pourra, come of it what will.

— 37. n'a que brûler, has only to bum. — 38. À quoi bon vivre, whafs the good of living? — 39. à moi, emphasizes ma by repeating it in another form.

— 40. D'autre part, on the other hand. — 41. bourka, a waterproof cloak of felt. — 42. le danger qu'ils couraient, the risk which they were running. ' — 43. pour établir la cuisine, in order to start his cooking. — 44. faisait rôtir, was roasting. — 45. pour la circonstance, considermg the circumstances. — 46. la chaleur de la marche, the warmth produced by walking. — 47. se laissant aller, giving way. — 48. avant d'y engager, before taking into it. — 49. plus suivis, less interrupted. — 50. Au sortir, on leaving. — 51. vu, considering. — 52. découvert, bare. — 53. faillit être; comp. IL, 6, note 17. — 54. prendre terre, to land. — 55. que voulez-vous, what is to be done about it ? — 56. saisi, overcome. — 57. en pâture, as food. — 58. que, if In this sense que takes the subjunctive. — 59. au revoir dans la journée, / shall see you again during the day. — • 60. argent sonnant, money that rings, that is, hard money. — 61. Before que supply je te dis. — 62. sur l'heure, this instant. — 63. cas, position. — 64. va, agreed; lit., go.

— 65. couchant en joue, aiming at ; lit., resting {his gun) on (his) cheek.