ma croix, Le. the cross of the Légion of Honor

Page 111. — 1. astèqne, see vocabulary. This epithet dates from the exhibition in Paris in 1855 of two stunted, microcephalons idiots, purporting to be genuine Aztecs.

Page 118. — 1 . Potin, a well-known wholesale and retail grocer in Paris.

Page 1 14. — 1 . Élève-commissaire, cadet commissary, the low est grade in the service of the commissariat de la marine.

Page 115. — 1. parlons-en de ta mère I See page 1 2, note 1.

Page 1 1 7 • — 1 . regardez-moi cette main, just look at that hand> willyou? The moi is an ethical dative, indicating the person interested in or afïected by the action. It merely gives a familiar tone to the sentence.

Page 118. — 1. San claire, see vocabulary, clair.

Page 119* — I. Songe, etc., rememberyou hâve the whole uigkt before you.