to the
Academy's dictionary, which makes _dromadaire_ a name of the one humped
species of camel. According to more exact usage a dromedary is a high bred
camel for special speed, usually of the one humped species but not
necessarily so, in this sense Tartarin's beast can hardly claim the name.

_93_ 7 _que devenir:_ lit. 'what to become', transl. 'what to do with
myself' Cf. _65_ 15.

_93_ 8 _Ne nous quittons plus:_ 'let us part no more' Cf. note to _7_ 2.

_93_ 15 _s'elancant a corps perdu:_ 'hurling himself headlong,'
desperately.

_93_ 16 _de conserve:_ 'in consort' (with the captain's row boat).
_Conserve_ in the sense of 'the action of preserving' survives only in
this nautical expression, _naviguer de conserve._--'to sail in consort'
(used of ships which sail together so as to help one another).

_93_ 18 _col:_ = _cou_, used in this sense only in certain fixed
expressions, ordinarily = 'collar.'--_en eperon de trireme:_ 'like (cf.
note to _5_ 20) the beak of a trireme.' _Eperon_ ordinarily means 'spur.'
The ancient trireme was a galley with three banks of oars.

_93_ 19 _viennent ensemble se ranger:_ 'come to draw up together,' 'draw
up together', cf. _55_ 8.--_aux flancs du:_ 'alongside.' Note the plural
_flancs_, cf. _a ses cotes_ _37_ 26.

_93_ 21 _A la fin:_ 'I tell you.'

_93_ 22 _a mon bord:_ 'aboard.' _A bord d'un vaisseau_ = 'on board a
ship.'

_93_ 23 _j'en ... zoologique:_ 'I will present him to the Zoological
Garden.'

_93_ 29 _fut:_ subjunctive with _non pas que_.

_93_ 33 _afficher:_ 'make a show of', lit. 'to post'(_affiches_
'placards')

_94_ 1 _mettait le nez:_ 'stuck his nose,' looked out.

_94_ 9 _un wagon de troisieme classe:_ 'a third-class car.' In French
trains there are cars of first, second, and third classes, the third being
the cheapest. The cars were until recently divided into compartments from
each of which a door (_portiere_) opened upon the station platform. These
doors were provided with windows--_filant bon train sur:_ 'making rapidly
for', cf. note to _84_ 23.

_94_ 11 _aux portieres:_ 'at the door Windows', cf. note to _94_ 9.

_94_ 13 _detalait:_ cf. note to _69_ 15.

_94_ 14 _eu pleine Crau:_ 'in the heart of (cf. _2_ 2) the Crau.' The Crau
is a vast, arid plain extending from the lower Rhone eastward. The stones
which cover this plain are fabled to have been showered down by Jupiter to
aid Hercules in his battle with the giant Albion.--lui tenant pied:
'ke