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He was one of the nobles who accompanied Mary Stuart to Scotland in 1561, and while returning visited the Court of England. He had already in 1562 waged successful war against the Huguenots in Normandy. Brantôme, his secretary, describes him at length in vol. v., pp. 62-77, Mérimée's edition, Paris, 1858.
68 33 chemins de fer algériens: there were no railroads in Algeria when Daudet visited it in 1861, but between this year and 1872, when "Tartarin" appeared, several hundred miles of tracks had been constructed. 69 2 que je le regrette: 'how I long for it. Regretter = 'to regret, 'to regret the loss or the absence of' a thing, hence 'to long for' a thing. For the anticipatory le cf. note to 32 5.
43 5 chasseurs d'Afrique: French light cavalry serving in Algeria; transl. 'Africa cavalry. In 1871 about 11,000 natives of Alsace-Lorraine were granted land in Algeria. Daudet visited Algeria in 1861, before the Alsatians immigrated in large numbers. 43 8 spahis: 'spahis, native cavalry in the French service, commanded by French officers.
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