il n'avait plus un sou vaillant, ' he had not a penny

left,' ' had not a brass farthing.'

,, 10, 11. l'île de Vancouver : Vancouver Island, which is larger tlian Holland, is on the W. coast of North America, in the Georgiau Gulf. Victoria, the capital of Columbia, is situated at the SE. end of the island.

,, 16. une forêt : the forests on the coast are among the finest in the world.

,, 18. Canadien-Pacifique : at one time Nova Scotia was said to be ' east of sunrise, ' British Columbia ' west of sunset,' and each to lie in a différent world ; but they are now joined together by the great continental railway called the Canadian Pacific.

,, 21. ce ne sont que, ' there are nothing but.'