See note 3, page

Page 44.— 1. gendarmerie à cheval, mounted police.

2. l'Hôtel-de-Ville {City Hall) is a short distance east of the Tuileries. The troops in coming from the Faubourg Saint- Antoine would pass it on their way to the Tuileries.

3. L'Abbaye was so called because it belonged to the Abbey of Saint-Germain. It was demolished in 1854.

Page 45. — 1. The Pont-Neuf is the oldest bridge in Paris. It was begun in 1578. It is nearly midway between the Hôtel-de- Ville and the Tuileries.