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86* 26. Marseille, on the Mediterranean, is the largest seaport, and next to Paris, the largest city in France. It has nearly 500,000 inhabitants.

87* 17. Saint-Malo, a French town on the English Channel, with about 12,000 inhabitants.

88* 3* à moi, help ; some word, such as venez, may be supplied.

88* 21. TtaialgtiX is on the southwest coast of Spain, nearly midway between Cadiz and Gibraltar. Villeneuye, the most prominent French naval officer of his time, committed suicide because he feared to meet Napoleon after the defeat of Trafalgar.

42* 3. plus, for il n* y a eu plus ; ne is omitted because there is no verb.

48. 2. Centa {tha-oo-ta\ although in Africa, belongs to Spain.

48» 21. Calais, an important city in France, is only about 20 miles from the English coast. It was held by the English from 1347 to 1558.

45» 5. La Marseillaise, the French national song, was written and set to music at Strasburg in 1792 by Rouget de Lisle, a captain in the French army. It was first sung in Paris by some volunteers from Marseilles ; whence the name.