eir hilts.--_couteaux-poignards_:
'dagger-knives' an ancient form of one-edged dagger, having a long and
heavy blade.--_krish_ (criss, kriss) malais: 'Malay creeses,' daggers with
sinuous edges, famous for deadliness.

_2_ 20: _fleches caraibes_: 'Carib arrows.' The Caribs are the most
war-like tribe of northern South America, the home of the famous curare
poison and other arrow-poisons.--_casse-tete_: any kind of war-club that
can be wielded by one hand; transl. 'war-clubs' (cf. _59_ 29);
indeclinable.

_2_ 21: _est-ce que je sais!_ lit. 'do I know!' transl. 'and what not.'

_2_ 23: _glaives_: 'swords.' _Glaive_ (cf. Engl. "glaive"), from Latin
_gladius_, is a poetic word for _epee_.

_2_ 24 _vous donner la chair de poule:_ 'make your flesh creep' With the
French _chair de poule_ 'hen flesh' cf. Engl. "goose flesh".

_2_36 _yataganerie._ the _yatagan,_ 'yataghan,' is the saber of the Turks
and the Arabs, from this word Daudet coined _yataganerie_ on the analogy
of _epicerie, papeterie,_ etc, transl. 'paraphernalia of war'.

_2_28 _bonhomme_ a noun used adjectively, transl. 'kindly'.

_2_ 29 _n'y touchez pas_ _Toucher a quelque chose,_ hence _y toucher,_ 'to
touch it,' _y_,' replacing _a_ + a pronoun, cf. _a Shang Hai_ and _y_ _16_
10, and notes to _6_ 14, _7_ 6, _9_ 7, _24_ 7.

_3_3 _Cook:_ Captain James Cook (1728-1779), famous English scientific
explorer, killed by savages in Hawaii.--_Cooper_ James Fenimore Cooper
(1789-1851), the famous American writer of Indian and sea stories
Leatherstocking (_Bas de cuir_) is as well known in France as in
America--_Gustave Aimard_ (1818 1883) spent several years in America
and wrote many tales in the style of Cooper.

_3_ 4 _chasse a l'ours_ 'bear hunting,' but _chasse au faucon_ 'hunting
with the falcon,' 'hawking.'

_3_ 10 _tout en lisant_ 'while reading' _En_ with the present participle
is reinforced by _tout_.

_3_12 _brave:_ cf. _un brave homme_ 'a good, kindly man,' _un homme brave_
'a brave man'.

_3_ 13 _bonasse:_ _bon_ + the pejorative suffix _-asse,_ 'guileless'.

_3_ 19 _midi_ midday,' 'noon,' 'South', Latin _media dies._

_3_ 22 _Vous saurez:_ 'you must know'.

_3_ 25 _Tarasque:_ a monster which, according to the legend, devastated
the country about Tarascon until it was slain by Saint Martha, sister of
Lazarus, who, in company with the three Marys, had come to Provence after
the death of Christ At irregular intervals there is a festival in Tarasc