ben venuti ! 'be welcome

25. M. de Bonald : Yiscount Louis de Bonald (1754-1840), a French philosopher and publicist, and an ardent supporter du trône et de Vav.teJ.

28. Tartares : Tartars, or better Tatars, a name at first given to certain tribes in Chinese Tartary, then to the hordes of mixed origiu who followed Genghis Khan.

35. l'aga : ' aga ' or ' agha ' is the name given to Turkish officers from major upwards, also to certain civilian oflBcials.

pauvi'e hère, 'a poor WTetched man' ; it has been suggested that the French hère is an adaptation of the German Herr

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used in a contemptuous sensé, as other German words, viz. Ross {rosse), lustig {loustic), etc.

7. 4. Coron : a Mediterranean port on the Gnlf of Coron, in thé

Morea.