Méhémet-Ali was viceroy of Egypt from 1805 to

56. 6. la tour Eiffel {è/el). The Eiffel Tower at Paris was erected in 1889.

56* 28. Aboukir, the name of a town and harbor a short distance east of Alexandria. The English fleet under Nelson defeated the French fleet here August i, 1798.

57« 16. Ç', for ça, itself a contraction for cela,

58» 3. la présente ; supply lettre,

58. 5. il nous semble à tous, it seems to all of us. 58* 14. tu nous manquais moins, we missed you less.

59. 27. il 7 est bien pour quelque chose, he really had some share in it

60* 25. C'était, for il était (= il y avait) for the sake of the meter. Groiz, a small island off the west coast of France, inhabited chiefly by fishermen.

BO. 29, 30. Compas and boussole are two names for the same thing.

62» I. Comme nous voilà dépaysés ! How far we are from home !