s day there will be a good crop of apples." It was February 12th.

II.

149. THE SCORPION is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The sun enters
this sign in late October.

153. For the reference to Jacob, see Gen. XXXII, 24-30.

159. THE SUMMER OF ALL-SAINTS corresponds to our Indian Summer. All-Saints
day is Nov. 1st.

170. PLANE TREE, a species of sycamore. Xerxes, a Persian, admired one of
them so much he put a mantle upon it and adorned it with jewels.

209. BURGUNDY is a section of eastern France famous for its fine wines.

238. THE GASPEREAU is a river that flows into the Basin of Minas, east of
Grand Pre.

242. GLEBE, soil.

249. LOUISBURG, BEAUSEJOUR (b[=o] s[=e]' zh[=o][=o]r,) and PORT ROYAL were
towns which had been taken from the French by the British.

259. THE CONTRACT was considered almost as binding as a marriage. Remember
this.

260-2. As soon as a young man arrived at the proper age, the community
built him a house, broke the land about it, and supplied him with all the
necessaries of life for twelve months. Then he received the partner whom he
had chosen, and who brought him her portion in flocks. ABBE REYNAL.

III.

280. LOUP GAROU ( l[=o][=o]-ga-r[=o][=o] ) means man-wolf. There was a
tradition that a man had the power to change himself into a wolf to devour
children.

282. LETICHE (l[=a]-t[=e]sh').

293. IN SOOTH, in truth.

307. A figure with scales in the left hand and a sword in the right is
sometimes used to represent Justice.

354. THE CURFEW was a bell tolled in the evening as a signal to put out the
fires and go to bed.

381. See Gen. XXI, 14.

IV.

413. The names of two French songs.

442. The summer solstice is on the 21st of June. The sun is then farthest
north, being over the Tropic of Cancer. It seems to stand still for a short
time.

466. The author contrasts the clamor of the throng and the quiet words of
Father Felician by referring to rapid strokes of the alarm and the quiet,
measured strokes of the hour.

476. See Luke XXIII, 34.

484. AVE MARIA (aeh-v[=a]-mah-r[=e]'-a), a prayer to the Virgin Mary.

486. See 2 Kings II, 11.

507. See Exodus XXIV, 29-35.

V.

572-3. Parents were separated from children and husbands from wives, some of
whom have not to this day met again; and we were so crowded in the transport
vessels that we had not even room to lay down, and consequently were
prevented from carrying with us proper necessari