ma foi : simply 'well

, , 2. aveuglément : what is aveuglement ?

,, 4. bien, 'indeed.'

,, 8. comme, 'as if.' Cf. note, p. 19 1. 9.

,, 13. tout unie : when an adverb, meaning 'quite,' tout should ahvays remain invariable, but it takes the féminine termination before a féminine adjective beginning with a consonant or an aspirated //, e.g. la plaine est toute Manche, ' the plain is quite white. '

,, 20. ce n'était que . ., ' there was nothing but . .'

,, 26. à croissance rapide: note the use of à to dénote a characteristic feature, and cf. Vhomme au long nez, ' the man with a long nose.'

,, 27, 28. Galgary and Edmonton are botli in tlie province of Alberta, of which Galgary is the capital.

31. 2. suivi de . . : so accompagné de, précédé de. ,, 1. loyal: not 'loyal.'

,, 19. Athabasca : the name of one of the four divisions of

the Canadian North-West, situated in the north of

Alberta and east of Columbia.

,, 27. la rivière Athabasca rises in the Rocky Mountains,

flows through Lake Athabasca, and towards its mouth

takes the name of ^lackenzie River.