la chanson de Malbrough, an old French song on the duke

of Marlborough (1650-17 2 2). The duke led the British forces

in France against Louis XIV. The song reads:

Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre . . .

Qui salt quand reviendra ... ?

4. notre activité n'a rien eu d'anormal, we have not been any more active than usually.

Page 62. — i. Luxeuil-les-Bains, a watering-place in the

department of Haute-Saône and, during the war, a training camp for aviators.

3. l'Escadrille Franco-Américaine, an aviation squadron like the famous "La Fayette Squadron," with several Americans in its ranks.

3. Le pajs est tout en hauts plateaux, the whole country is made of high plateaux,

4. Pau, the birthplace of Henry the Fourth, king of France and of Navarre (1553-1610). It is beautifully located in sight of the Pyrenees mountains. Paii was, during the war, a training camp for aviators.

Page 63. — i. A-t-on décidé ; translate si Von a décidé,

2, On part à quinze ou à vingt, fifteen or twenty of us will fly,

3. L'ennemi ne se fait pas attendre, the enemy does not keep us waiting.

Page 64. — z. doit se doubler aussi d'un acrobate, must be also an acrobat,

3. n faut avoir la liberté complète de ses mouvements, he must have all the elbow room necessary.

Page 65. — z. Le Kronprinz attaque Verdun; see page 60, note I.

Page 66. — i. j'ai Wen cru que j'y passais, / felt very certain that it was all up with me,

2. Un édat m'arrête net, a shell splinter brings me to a dead stop,

3. Pai passé là un fameux quart d'heure, I had quite a lively time there.

Page 67. — i. Le métier n'est pas rose, the work is none too attractive.

2. Fais ce que dois, advienne que pourra, do your duty and don't worry about the consequences.

3. c'est à qui des blessés trouvera, the wounded vie with each other to find . , ,

4. Dix minutes d'arrêt, buffet! A ten minute stop for refreshments! A familiar announcement to travelers at important French railroad stations.

Page 68. — I. C»est-y loin encore ? for the correct est^e

loin encore?