à la dernière mode, ' in the latest fashion. ' Cf

hors or passé de mode, 'out of fashion,' ' old-fashioned.'

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39. 26. soufflant . . haletante . . : why is the first of thèse

words invariable, whilst the second agrées ?

40. 7. stalactites, 'stalactites,' a deposit of carbonate of lime,

in the shape of an icicle or an inverted cône, caused by

water oozing through the roof of a grotto or cavern ;

when the deposit is formed on the floor of the cavern

it is called a 'stalagmite.' .

,, 9. tuyaiix : pronoiince tui-iau.

orgue : niasc. in the singiilar and fera, in the plural.

Cf. amour and délice.

,, 29. avec une effrayante rapidité : note tho indefinito

article and contrast avec rapidité.