Saint-Malo : a small town and seaport on the N. coast

of France.

,, 4. les bancs de Terre-Neuve, 'the banks of Newfoundlaud,' are famous for their fisheries. English, American, Canadian and French fishermen resort to them, the French using their islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon as a base of opérations. Newfoundland was ceded to England by France in 1713, but the French still retain certain privilèges in connexion with the catching and drying of fish on the coast.

,, 7. venir en aide, *to relieve,' whereas venir à Vaide de quelqu'un means ' to corne to somebody's assistance.'

,, 8. il était né marin : note the omission of the indef article.

, , 9. voyage au long cours, 'océan- voyage, ' ' voyage to foreign parts, ' as opposed to voyage au cabotage, ' coasting. '

,, 10. point (Lat. punctum, 'a dot') : more emphatic than pus

(Lat. passus, ' a step ').

,, 12. mars: sound thés.

,, 13. les petits, 'the little ones,' 'the younger brothers and

sisters. ' ,, 15. eut dérapé : past anterior after a teniix)ral conjunction. ,, 18, fils : Sound the s, but not the l. It is the opposite with

fils, 'threads.' ,, 22. entra. . dans: note the English 'to enter a house,'

and the French entrer dans une maison.

,, 26. des vigies furent placées : for the gender cf. la recrue,

la sentinelle, la vedette,