Se trouva mal, fainted

33. Aux Invalides. The., Hôtel des Invalides was founded in 1670, by Louis XIV., for disabled soldiers. Besides the apartments for the pensioners. (about 470 at présent), there is a muséum and the church, under the dôme of which is the tomb of Napoléon I.

34. A la section du Gros-Caillou. During the Révolution, the comtnune of Paris was divided into forty-eight sections or wards. The Gros-Caillou is the quarter of Paris near the Hôtel des Invalides, and which is traversed by the Rue de l'Université, Rue St. Dominique, and Rue de Grenelle.

35. Attestations de civisme. Under the "Législative" and the "Convention," citizens devoted to the Révolution were required to be provided with certificates of patriotism, which simply indicated that the holder of the certificate was a supporter of the " Législative " or of the " Convention." The words civisme and patriotisme difïer in extent of meaning : the former is more limited — the sentiments of a good citizen ; the latter is broader, and means the sentiments of one who loves his country.

36. Chômaient de meurtres, had no more murders to commit, were out of murders ; chômer is to keep a holiday by not working, to be idle, to be out of work.

37. La tour du Temple. Thistower, erectedin i2i2,formed part of the extensive manor of the order of Templars built in the middle of the XII. century. After the suppression of the order in 1307 by Philip IV. the Temple came into the possession of the Grand Prior of the Order of Malta, and the tower contained the the treasure, arsenal, and archives of the order. The tower was destroyed by Napoléon L, and most of the other buildings hâve disappeared. Their place is now occu-

pied by an open square in which stands a group of linden trees, under which the king is said to hâve taught the dauphin in Aug., 1792, and the old clothes market which was formerly one of the sights of Paris. Among the illustrious prisoners who were confined in the Temple after the death of Louis XVI. may be mentioned : Sydney Smith, Toussaint Louverture, Pichegru, Cadoudal, and Moreau. Pichegru was there found dead in his bed.

38. Sans-culottes. Before the Révolution, the customary nether garment for men was the knee-breeches, or culottes. The republicans of 1793 rejected thèse, which were associated with the monarchical régime, and assumed the pantaloon as the distinctive garb of the Révolution.