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42 14 il se fit servir: cf. note to 7 25. grande ouverte: 'wide open'; cf. 51 7. 42 15 Crescia: a wine-producing district near Algiers. 42 21 déjeuner: verb. 42 22 fréter: 'to charter, a nautical term used here mock-heroically. Cf. note to 49 7. route de Mustapha: 'Mustapha road', cf. note to 1 5. Mustapha is a suburb of Algiers, on the sea.

Le Nautical Magazine de 1835, p. 642, celui de 1838, p. 361, et les Comptes rendus d'avril 1838, font connaître une série des phénomènes volcaniques: tremblements de terre, eaux troublées, scories flottantes et colonnes de fumée, qui ont été observés

His commander officer said he never knew any young men to acquire so much nautical knowledge in so short a time. After reaching the grade of post-captain, Coffin for a breach of the regulation of the service, was deprived of his vessel, and Earl Howe struck his name from the list of post-captains. This act being illegal, he was reinstated in 1790.

12 28 eut la chance: 'had the good luck' Engl. 'chance' = French Occasion. 12 31 planté sur place: 'rooted to the spot', of en resta planté 44 11. 12 32 prenant le vent: 'sniffing the air, used of hunting dogs, as a nautical expression = 'sailing near the wind'.

'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'élançant a corps perdu: 'hurling himself headlong, desperately. Conserve in the sense of 'the action of preserving' survives only in this nautical expression, naviguer de conserve.

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