c'en était fait, cf. page 43, note

Page 76.— 1. revint au sentiment, recovered conscionsness.

Page 78.— 1. il n’en fut rien, s/ was not so; lit, “there was nothing of it.”

Page 79.— 1. le canal de Suez was begun in 1859 and completed in 1869.

2. de Lesseps (1805-1894), one of the most famous engineers of modern times.

3. est en train de creuser, ss now digeing. Être en train de often corresponds to the present progressive form in English.

Page 80.—1. langue, xec#; lit., “tongue.” 2. golfe de Péluse, a bay on which Port Said is built.

Page 81.—1. battit des mains, c/aped his hands.

Page 82.— 1. tenir en place, cf. page 62, note 1. 2. feu, Ægat.