degrés, centigrade ; about 130° Fahrenheit

68* 13. Cochinchine, Cochin China^ a French colony in Farther India.

68. 19. Loti {^Pierre) is the pen-name of Julien Viaud^ an officer in the French navy, bom in 1850. He is the author of many novels, one of the best as well as the best known being Pêcheur cT Islande^ one of whose principal characters is named Sylvestre,

68, 25. n'en pouyant plus, being tired out, II faire is supplied stter pouvant, the literal meaning will be evident.

69* 1 1 . Aden, a sea-port in Arabia near the entrance to the Red Sea, belonging to Great Britain.

72. 16. Pasteur (1822-1895) ^^^ C. E. Chamberland worked together for many years. Since 1889 the latter has been at the head of the laboratory of the Pasteur Institute at Paris. He is the inventor of the filter commonly called Pasteur filter.

72« 28. Arabie Heureuse, Arabia Felix, so called because this part of the country is comparatively fertile, the greater part of Arabia being nearly or quite a desert.

74. 5. Obock is a French possession in Africa nearly opposite Aden. The description of this expedition has here been omitted.

77* I. Machine à bâbord, helm apport; that is, steer to the left.

78. 14. The Gulf of Oman is south of Persia at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.