Christiania: capital of Norway, a seaport

Québec : capital of tlie province of Québec, situated on

the NW. bank of the St. Lawrence. See note, p. 1,

title.

,, 15. en ce moment même: cf. le même jour, 'the same

day ' ; le jour même, 'that very day.' ,, 17. faire contre fortune bon cœur, 'to bear up against

bad fortune, ' ' to put a good face on the matter. ' ,, 19. prenant le dessus sur, ' getting the better of.' Cf.

avoir le dessus, ' to hâve the advantage,' ' get the upper

hand.' il finit par : finir par should be translated by an adverb,

such as 'finally'or 'at last.' So shonld ne tardèrent

pas à (1. 20). See note, p. 34 1. 12. ,, 22. il était depuis huit jours : cf. note, p. 5 1. 19. , , 24. île du Cap - Breton : Cape Breton, a rocky island of

irregular form, at the E. extremity of Nova Scotia.

7. 3. sa vieille province : i.e. la Bretagne. Before the French

Révolution (1789) France was divided into provinces. Thèse hâve disappeared, but the names hâve been retained.

le, 'so,'i.e. 'delighted.'

,, 6. le golfe du Saint - Laurent : a broad estuary fornied by the river St. Lawrence ; at its mouth it is more than a hundred miles across.

,, 13. Charlottetown : the capital of Prince Edward Island, on the S. coast.

l'Ile du Prince-Edouard is a province of the Dominion. The coast-line is a succession of bays and projecting headlands. From the sea the island looks exceedingly picturesque.

,, 16. en éveil, ' on the alert. '

,, 24. un bateau à double fond, 'a double-bottomed boat,' i.e. having an inner shell inside the outer frame.

,, 27. semelle, 'blade'(lit. 'sole').

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8. 3. 11 n'est guère = il n'y a guère. ,, 4, facilités, ' convenience.'

,, 7. à peu de distance or A une petite distance.

,, 15. il en a la solidité, ' it is just as strong.' Note the construction.

,, 16. s'il: i at the end of a word is never elided, except when si précèdes il, ils,

,, 28. banquise : froni the English 'bank (of) ice.'

,, 29. il mit . . trois semaines . ., ' it took her three weeks to cross . .'

9. 3. d'où on : generally d'oii l'an, an l being inserted for

the sake of euphony.

,, 7. cabine : a cabin on shore is cabane. ,, 13, 14. que longeait . ., que couronnent . : : see note, p. 3

,, 22. les yeux grands ouverts, 'with his eyes vide open.'

Note the construction.

„ 25. venait à, ' happened to ' ; venait de ( + infinitive), ' had

just." ,, 27. différent : what is the 3rd pers. pi. of the indic. près.

of différer ?

10. 1. de vieux clochers : why not des vietix clochera î , , 3. écrasées," ' low. '

,, 11. tout en haut, ' at the very top.'

,, 13. qui escaladent, ' rising above.*

,, 14. ne faire qu'un avec lui: lit. ' to niake one with it,' i.e. ' to be the very continuation of the rock.'

,, 20. Samuel Champlain : a native of Brouage, near Rochefort, in Saintonge. He was anjwinted Goveruor of Canada until 1627, when he haa to surrender to the English, and was carricd captive to England. When liberated he returned to Canada, where he died in 1635.

,, 25. le Havre : a French seaport, at the mouth of the river Seine, in Nomiandy.