me chargent . . de traiter, ' commission me to

negotiate. ' ,, 6. en leur nom: conix&si au nom dti roi, 'in the king's

name.' ,, 7. la vallée de l'Ottawa : the Ottawa is one of the largest rivers in British North America ; it rises nearly 300 miles north of Ottawa city, and falls into the St. Lawrence. Its banks are covered with large forests. la Colombie : Columbia, a province on the western coast of Canada.

,, 11. vous me servirez de . . : distinguish between — servir à, ' to serve for.' servir de, ' to serve as. ' se servir de, ' to make use of. ' ,, 14. du cru : this noun comes from the past mrt. of croître, . ' to grow,' and means 'growth,' 'brand'; it is chiefly applied to wine, e.g. le vin du cru, i.e. the spécial kmd of wine grown in that part of the country, * the wine of the country.' In this instance you might translate : ' the French of the interior lias such a flavour of its own, that it baffles thoso who, liko nio, do not belong to that part of the country. ' , , 20. la : familiar for sa.

,, 21. y trouveraient leur compte: lit. 'would fiud their account in it,' i.e. ' would benefit by it.'

28. 3. d'un seul tenant, ' ail in one pièce.' ,, 6. troncs: the c is not sounded.

,, 9. glissières: a technical term = a groove for a mechani.sm to slidc in ; hère, a sort of wooden slipway or 'shoot.'

,, 17. labeur, like Aonn«Mr, 'honour,' is masculine.

Jours de fête, ' days of great rejoieings,' ' high days and liolidays." The omission of des before jours w not uccossary.

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28. 18. le printemps venu stands for dès que le printem])s est

venu, or une fois que le printemps est venu. Cf. the Latin ablative absolute.

, , 25. stères : xm stère = a cubic meter, ratlier more tlian a

ciibic yard.

,, 26. en suivant le fll de l'eau, 'down stream.'

29. 1. peu maniables, 'umvieldy,' ' not easily steered. ' , , 2. de tous les instants, ' ever ready. '

, , 7. au passage, ' as they corne by. '

,, 11. après quoi . . : when is ' which ' rendered by quoi ?

,, 13. détaché, 'aimed.'

,, 16. Thurso : so called after the Scotch seaport.

,, 19. fit visiter à Jean-Paul . . : when the infinitive after

faire lias a direct object, the préposition à is used

before the other noun.