CHAPTER XXXVII

55. 1. les Argonautes, i.e. the sailors of the ship Argo, who,

according to Greek tradition, accorapanied Jason in quest

of the ' golden fleece.' l'assemblée des notables : February 1788, winch was, of

course, still fresh in the author's memory. 2. le fin fond, the very bottom, the lowest depth. 8. à la suite : hère in the train, on the steps of.

15. le Pirée : the port of Athens ; allusion to the well-known

anecdote.