Fresque son pareil, * Almost bis secunil self

, 30. vareeli, 'sea-w«cd.' Cf. Kng. 'wrack.' It forma a most valuable i mauure, and is made the most of on the coastg of Normandy, and ' especially in the Gbannel Islauils, where tlie "harvesting" of the varech is reguluted by law. It is only allowed to be eut from the rocks twice a ' year — in the spring-tides of March and April, and in the summer. It is ooUected on carts aiid strewn over the paeture laiida. It imparts to the grass a peculiar " tenderness," much prized by the cattle. The loose wrack thrown up on the shore by eacli succeeding iluod is collected by the fishermen hU along tlie coa^t, and dried by them. It is then l'urnt, and the ash sold to the farmcrs for manure. The well-knowu fertility of the soi! in the Channel Islande is mainly due to the oonstant use of wiack a* miinure.

SI. de {a, ' to «think" of that.

S2. de quoi, *the wberewithal.'

8S. brute, hère 'absolutely unleanied.'

84. prendre ohei loi, * t > take possession of in ite hollowed tmnk.