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1, SoL For description, see text.

8. Ammohes. It is a city in the departraent of La ilari<^ standin;; on the south baiik of the Se'e, and dcligl.tfully sitnated on the aide of • bill. It faces the Bay of Cancale, with the imposin^ mnss of Mont St. JIi<'hd in the distance. It was there that Htnry II. did penance in 1172 for the murder of Becket.

3. Bennes. The capital of Brittany, siluated at the junction of the Ille with the Vilaine. It was there, in olden times, thiit tlie sovereigi<B of Brittany litld their court. It was the seut of a parliamtnt institntcd in 15.55 by Henri II. In 1720 the town was laid waste by fire. The new town, l uilt upon the ruins of the old, is distinguislied by brcad and regular streets, handsonie squares, notably the Place du Palais <le Justice, oue of the tinebt squares in Eurof». It is one of the fîrst seats of leamiiig in France.

4. était anx fies, 'belonged to tbe fairies' (t.e. was cnmmon propcrty). Féè is properly a supernaturnl being, wliich (accordiiig to med teval mythology) présides ov*-r tho destinies of men, like tlie ancient ParcsB. It is from the coramon Lat. /a/a = fi-iiy, i" an inscription iii Dincletian's time. Fata is the being wi.o présides over our fatum or destiny. Tl.e inscription in question uses fata for Parca, thus Laving no doubt aa to the exact meaning of the common Latin word.

6. n tient compte . . . , ' He takes into iicconnt the distnrbance ithich problems give rise to.' Compte imd conte liave ihc same derivaticm from tlie late Latin contare. This is provt d by the fuot thnt Ital eontare means both to reckon and to relate. (Of. German erzâhleii to relate, from zahlen to count. Cvmfe (a count) is from Lat. comitem, by droppiiig of atouio or short t.