machine en arrière ; see note to line 23, p

100. 13. Singapour, Singapore, a large and important city at the south-east extremity of Asia in the Malacca Straits.

106. 5. c'était bien la peine, it was well {worth) the trouble, said ironically.

107* 21. à qui mieux laitMJL^ furiously, each one trying to outdo the other; compare note to line 23, p. 23.

108. 22. le détroit de la Sonde, Sunda Strait, between Sumatra and Java.

118* 21. NoUYelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia, a large island about 900 miles east of Australia, has been a French penal colony since 1853.

101« 23. Melbourne, the capital of Victoria (Australia), has about 500,000 inhabitants.

120* 16. le nommé, for f homme nommé.

122 23. YQir en beau, to look on the bright side of.

128» 9. empire du Ciel, The Celestial Empire, a name given by the Chinese to their country.

128» 10. 11 ayait quelques raisons, etc. ; see p. 98, 1. 20.

124» 1 7. droit devant eux, straight ahead.

180» I. Note that in a telegram, for the sake of brevity, articles and personal pronouns are mostly omitted.

130* 6. Partir, infinitive for imperative.