Mjnge, 'is gauged

88, i û façon dont ta. as manié . . . , ' jndging from the miinner with which yon have gnippled with the obstacles,'

36. que tu te tireras bien, ' tbnt you will exécute to the lettcr.'

87. je ne tiens pas à, 'I do not care to' (i.e. I have no niind to).

88. Camot. He was k captain in the Engineers {le qénie) wlien the Bovolution broke ont. He sat in the Legislat ve Assumblv, then in the Convention, and lantly in the Directoire, He was a Minisler umler Nflpoleon, bnt oppo^ed the CoDsnUhip for life ; was Ministi'r of the Interiur (».e. Home-Minister) during the Hundre.l Davs. After the disastrons BiiAsian campaign, th^ngli iu disgrâce, lie otfercd his sword to Napoleim, and Wfls eiitrusted with the defence of Antwerp. His grandsou is tlie BCtiial Président of the French Eepnblic.

39. L'Enrope nons aide. The help of Ëngland, on wbieh the insurrjctlonists countêd, says Thiers, wug only halt-hearted, and nerer assumed a Tery defiiiite furm.

40. Finissons-en avec, ' Lct us for ever put an end to ' (i.e. ' make short work of ')

41. oela ne me re^rde point, ' is the least of my concerna' Qui fait fon premier . , , (i.e. ' whn carrios his life in his hands,')

42. un point noir s'enfonçant . . . , ' a black speck disappcaring bohind the horizon.'