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Page 1 et wg. — 1. Apprmire^ to leam. 2. Ure^ to be. 3. mad dêf cornes firom, * has jast ' * ; venir, to corne. 4. hâve compelled ; réduire, to reduce. 5. iu order to. 6. admettre^ to admit. 7. remporter, to gain. 8. rùmtdre, to résolve. 9. frapper, to strike. 10. aeeueilUr, to receive. 11. rapporter, to relate. 12. aller, to go. 13. * he set Bail ' ; faire, to make, to do. 14. croire, to believe ; ' thought.' 15. his eyes. 16. voir, to see. 17. ouvrir, to open. 18. espérer, to hope. 19. after funeral rites hâve been paid to the body. 20. lever, to raise. 21. invoquer, to invoke. 22. s^écrier, to exclaim. 23. tenir, to hold. 24. daigner, to deign. 25. if thou enablest me. 26. * I vill sacrifice to thee ; ' immoler, to sacrifice. 27. se hâter, to hasten. 28. eavoir, to know. 29. destruction. 30. échapper, to escape. 31. remercier, to thank. 32. écouter, to listen. 33. aewtir, to feeL 34. caused him bitterly to regret. 35. craindre, to fear. 36. his people. 37. veiller, to watch. 38. potueer, to pnsh ; * impelled.' 39. oeer, to dare. 40. reculer, to draw, < start ' back. 41. chercher, to seek. 42. pouvoir, to be able ; ' may.' 43. throws himself in his arms {UteraUy : on his neck), and is quîte astonished that his father should meet his tenderness so ill. A^. fondre, to melt. 45. 'dire, to say. 46. whence cornes. 47. détourner, to tum away. 48. accabler, to overwhelm. 49. retondre, to answer. 50. promettre, to promise. 51. garantir, to préserve. . 52. restore me. 53. which, by dashing me to pièces» would bave put an end to my unhappy life. 54. qjargner, to spare. 55. parler, to speak. 56. tirer, to draw. 57. arrêter, to arrest. 58. vouloir, to be -willing. 59. beware. 60. ojj^rir, to offer. 61. baisser, to stoop ; * bent down.' 62. allumer, to kindle. 63. attirer, to attract ; * bring down.' 64. mourir, to die. 65. presefved from. 66. frantic, and as it were tom by the infernal furies, surprises (the vigilance of ). 67; observer, to observe ; ' watched.' 68. er^oncer, to thrust. 69. retenir, to keep back ; ' prevented.' 70. environner, to surround. 71. tomber, to fall. 72. couvrir, to cover. 73. entr'ouvrir, to half open. 74. but scarcely has he found it, than he can no longer bear it. 75. eut down in its

* Wherever two or more translations of a word or expression are given, the most suitable is denoted by the marks of quotation.

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root by tbe plonghthtre, languishes, and can no longer sustain itselt 76. perdre, to lose. 77. no longer nonrishes it, and its life is gone. 78. cnielly ont down in his tender âge. 79. détenir, to become. 80. oaght 81. marcher, to walk ; ehawxler, to totter. 82. demander, to ask ; ' caUi.' 83. wrath fiimiihes them with anns ; they take up dubB and stones. 84. ouhiier, to forget. 85. * renonnce their allegiance to ;' reconnaître, to acknowledge. 86. trouver, to find. 87. ramener, to bring back. 88. .^tir, to liée. 89. revemr, to retum ; revenant à êoi, * recovering biriiself.' 90. which he bas stained witb the blood of hû son. 91. conduire, to condact. 92. conserver, to préserve, keep. 93. étaèUr, to establish. 94. prendre, to take. 95. parmtre, to ap^ pear. 96. eowAaitre, to fight. 97. appeler^ to eail, * invite.' 98. evAore, toibUov. 99. t'otMoir, to ait down. 100. MuiUi/cr, to wisb. 101. 1 Itbrew off my i^pareL 102. I mingled» or pUeed myaelf amosg. tS^ «rettling. 104. his arms were nervous and brawny. 105. erery nerre wai strained. 106. while he thns tiied my strength. 107. for whidi lots were drawn. 108. hung over their flowing mânes. 109. being less eihansted. 110. remot^. lll.which ivas generaUy kept locked ap, witb perf urnes, in a golden b(a. 112. govemment. 1 13. recently emandpated. 114. what was suggested by his faney. 115. sbouted. 1 1 6. to govem wisely. 117. what avails it ? 1 18. in a state of disgraoeful eifeminacy. 119. become corrupt. 120. are compelled* 121. how many daring profligates are there ? 122. knows not how to make lus people enjoy. 123. aœommodating towards. 124. abroad. 125. ereeting, ' managing.' 126. by their number. 127. the proper govemment. 128. thy posterity. 129. dedares indeed. 130. he mtist be eompdled. 131. he dedined it. 132. owing to the déception. 133. had made hiin his eovnaeilor. 134. yoa set tbo little value upcm.

Paok 26.--1. situation. 2. % passage or alley without a thoroughfare, a court. 3. he recollected me. 4. you would suit me very well. 5. in this respect 1 just answer your purpose. 6. wi^a# 7. who was his only servant. 8. retenir dee placée, to engage places (in a coach, etc.). 9. in bigh repnte. 10. plausible jargon. 11. pounded. 12. although he bdieved them. 13. satiated. 14. as much as we wished. 15. the flow. 16. oonsumption. 17. veronica, «peedweU. 18. carnation. 19. rosemary. 20. wild poppy. 21. it was in vain for him. 22. diluent, abstergent. 23. of suffident authority on this point. 24. will attest it 25. conquered. 26. to such a degcee. 27. the essence. 28. to conceal from. 29. thoroughly. 30. that dass of people that bdong neither to the nobility nor to the dergy; ' the common people.' 31. recdved. 32. even should they be. 33. croc, hook ; pendre V^ée au croc, to leaye off wearing a sword. 34. gui, i. e. la personne gw, 35. pleurisy. 36. (that they were not to) stint him in. 37. réal (monnaie d: Espagne), sizpence hal^nny. 38. literaUy : I asked for nothing

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bnt woûnd and bamp, ûe.*l vas ready for ail comen/ 39. be begaa to laugb most beartdly, bolding bis ddes. 40. take bis fill of mirth. 41. he wa» pratty well satitfied. 42. gently. 43. attend to. 44. it is bettcr. 45. great folks. 4B* long live (the poor peoplt's doctor) ! 47. ' sul^urbs/ which fonnerly used to be inbabited by tbe poor. 48. with bearty draugbta. 49. with ail deforence to. 50. as. 51. was by no means ill pleased*

Pags 32.— 1. be tberefore took tbem. 2, capital. 3. 1 bad good reason to be. 4. again took the field. 5. altbough. 6. bad just called in. 7. whicb was tbe object of my visit. 8. stared at, * eyed.' 9. 1 am well satisfied. 10. let us not corne to abuse. 11. may well pre- ' sume, indeed. 12. if you owe a grudge to. 13. passion. 14. ttter^llyz ^ beak and nails ; ' tooth and naîL' 15. absurd, * eccentric chanu^^ 16. came to blows. 17. bad succeeded. 18. another was very ne^or happening to me. 19. refiractory. 20. began to. 21. in a good condition. 22. almost tipsy. 23» quanel. 24. b« eame in for bis sbare. 25. abortion. 26. of my own invention. 27. whoUy oecupied as be was. 28. be did not fail to observe. 29. would bave been led to suspect sometbing. 30. innocently. 31. 1 would now give a bogshead of wine for. 32. to extol. 33. inconveniences. 34. 1 wàs not. long, ' which very soon' (happened to me).

Paob 36. — 1. accordingly. 2. glanced bis eyes over. 3. vritb impfunity, L e. witbout baving acquired tbe vanity of one. . 4. Boeotian, in allusion to tbe natives of Bœotia in Greece, wbo were considered rude and ilUterate. 5. fate, ' fortune.' 6. to provide you one. 7.crooked (bandy-legs). 8. in a vray. 9. dispose them to serions inward reflection. 10. UmeTf to file; Urne, a file ; * highly polished.' 11. begins to feel. 12. 1 will rely Upon. 13. temper, * nature/ ' stamp.' 14. deteriorate. 15. your interest is conconed.

Page 38. — 1. violent. 2. tbere remained no trace of it. 3. a severe attack. 4. wbat I sbould résolve on doing. 5. deviated, wandered. 6. a musty collège professor. 7. a common-place» long-winded discourse. 8. wbo remarked it. 9. paid, liired. 10. whicb savours of the apoplexy. IL to be beforeband with (you). 12. obliterated, * left out of.* 13. in question. 14. a délicate thing. 15. enamoured. 16. could be offended. 17. make bim swallow the pill. 18. to com- Ibence. 19. Aristarchus. 20. speak at once. 21. to take ill. 22. far £ram it. 23. 1 am by no means displeased. 24. terribly imposed upon by. 25. narrow, * stupid.* 26. disconcerted. 27. to repair matters. 28. tbe means of appeasing. 29. distinguisb the true from the false.

Page 41. — 1. a place thus called from pamplemousset a kind of orangetree. 2. lean, emaciated. 3. packing-cloth. 4. striped by deep scars. 5. Passer à gué^ to ford. 6. Morne, name given to a hUl or hillock in

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tome of tha French eoloniei. 7. thiiu 8. of an olive colour. 9. wîtli hollow eyei. 10. did oot take much notice of. 11. the other side o& 12. fMttng. 13. having quenched theûr thjnt. 14. cabbage, ' fruit.' 15. lap. 16.toblunt. 17. Bteel(tostrikeaUght). IS.flint. 19.fixed, futened. 20. chocolate-milL 21. tofroth. 22. to strip the cafcbi^ or ùvàt, 23. suapected. 24. dismayed. 25. de is generally used, before an a4jectiTe, after il y a, 26. 4^oupa, a little but made of dried leaves. 27. scolopendria, a plant 28. had torn even so as to make them bleed. 29. beaten path. 30. bind-weed. 31. thick wood. 32. upoa the watch. 33. reoover from. 34. made Fidèle smell them (we GsAicMAB, raie 550.). 35. followed scent. 36. gourd. 37. naughty.

Paob 48. — 1. hawser.

Pagb 49. — 1. exposes it to the shafts (of death).

Paob 52. — 1. furrows become level (smooth). 2. in Tain pénétrâtes. 3. dismayed. 4. chilled. 5. mariners. 6. distiibute. 7. vacuity, space. 8. terrified, dismayed.

Page 54. — 1. foggy. 2. peaks. 3. trade-wind.

Paob 56. — 1. has no longer any feeling but for himself. 2. he rushes. 3. a State of déjection. 4. gprinding. 5. rattle-snakes. 6. Hned. 7. chilled, ' borror-struck.' 8. trembling. 9. shuddering. 10. stoops. 11. leaning, resting. 12. & 13. as paie and lifeless. 14. to bristle up. 15. uprooteè. 16. guaiacum, a médicinal wood» called also Ugtmm vita, 17. shattercd. 18. broken. 19. having floWed away.

Paob 58.— 1. uncnltiTated. 2. outward. 3. cuts off the thistle and the bramble or brier. 4. thickly set, bristling. 5. falling into decay byage. 6. lichens. 7. agarics. 8. for want of being. 9.miry. 10. uq^ approachable. 11. marshes, morasses. 12. unclean, foui. 13. heathaV 14. savannahs. 15. grass-plot. 16. which appear less connected with the soil than with each other. 17. coarse flock. 18. rebrmuser ehemnif to go or tura back. 19. the water-lily. 20. his strength. 21. ' discovered/ with référence to its extent, boundaries, etc.

Page 62. — l. transparent. 2. soft, velyety. 3. birch-trees. 4. * owlet/ brown or grey owL

Page 64. — 1. top, brow. 2. lively orange red. 3. print. 4. crim* son-red.

Page 66. — 1. shrouds. 2. yards. 3. water-spout. 4. ' tarred.' Goudronné, from goudron, tar. 5. sing. 6. hoarse. 7. snares, dangers. Page 67. — 1. trembling. 2. cast down. 3. straggle.

Page 69. — 1. expand. 2. to gush, spring. 3. incandescent (of a white beat).

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Pagk 7(K— 1. g^MBg toouth. 2. hellowed, seooped. 8. sheet. 4.to tbe east. 5. sliakeB. 6. spurta up, goshes. 7. hewn. 8. drawn in. 9. elks.

Pa«s 71.— 1. root 2. brim, kerlMlone. ^. troug:1i.

Paob 72. — 1. want of foresight. 2. entwined devices. 3. was created. 4. were indnlgiag in. &. cnniied. 6. was swallowed up. 7. of a niiiaber of. & eontending (to reacoe) thdr danghters. 9. when they seavcbed the raina. 10. da^ied in her aima.

Paok 7^ — 1. gronndy distance. 2. grasses. 3. are nnited. 4. dlaheyelled, disordered. 5. fallow (pale red or yellow). 6. ezhibiu

7. rice-fieMs^ 8. jadcai. 9. with a ram's head, 'homed.' 10. ibis. 11. jerboB. 12. ' porpbyry/ from tl» Greek mp^ipa^ (porphura\ pnrple, marble of a particular kiiMl. 13. Bazatile, gre^g among rocks. 14. girdle. '

Paos 76.— 1. a vrïjgiotts teeolleei^n or meditatiota. 2. enunbled. 3. £bI1ow (decr, etc.). Addendum to the note ^ page 77 : Biteg/amet, Dénomination collective qui embrasse les cerfs, les cheyrenUs, les daims ; par opposition à àîtes noiret, comme les sangliers, on routtet, comme les rentfds.

Paob 79. — 1. buried. 2. amphorae, pitchers. 8. kneaded. 4. cross way. 5. by tbe ligfat.

Paob 81.— 1. came to us. 2. twiligbt.

Paob 82. — 1. déferler^ to unfiirl, < swelled.* 2. engnlfed. 3. mainmast. 4. fore-mast. 5. gouven^er vn tNn»M«ii, to steer a ship ; U ne gowerne pas, there is no steerage-way. 6. voguait «« r de U latne, drifted in the hoUow or trough of the aea. 7. waves.

8. qaarter-deck. 9. shrouds of the mizen-mast. 10. top-mast ùr topaûL 11. main-yards were immersed. 12. drenched. 13. to capsize, overset. 14. top. 15. straightened. 16. overtnmed. 17. with ail ene'a might. 18. hoarse, rough.

Paob 83. — L while I was occnpied. 2. 1 felt a désire. 3. spotted. 4. striped. "b. browB, *dark.' 6. sparkHng. 7. <^ats. 8. nacre, skotfaferoof-peafL 9. netting. 10. paper-kites. 11. came npon. 12. beetles. 13. worked, dug at. 14. parenohyma. 15. an earthen vessd. 16. leisnre. 17. knowledge. 18. within its focns. 19. at a glance. 20. lens. 21. which magnified bat little. 22. glands. 23. creuses en, acooped in the shape of. 24. anthers. 25. rafters. 26. oorollas. 27. nectaries. 28. gokU or aUver-sniith'a ware. 29.ampnone. 30. inatead of finding their own leveL

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Paoi 88. — ^1. magnifTing-gUis or lens. 2. spftrkUng nettîng. 3. dedu. 4. flesh-worm, ' mite/ 5. oonceals from. 6. retiiuu 7. comea. 8. ettimate.

Paos 89.— 1. stxewed. 2. bare, open. 3. destitute. 4. only retiinu.