tamily-dinner; but the lion kept aloof, and refused to eat, keeping his eye on the dog, and inviting him as it were to be his taster. At length, the little animal's fears being something abated, and his appetite quickened by the smell of the victuals, he approached slowly, and with trembling ventured to eat. The lion then advanced gently and began to partake, and they finished their meal very lovingly together. From this day the strictest friendship commenced between them, a friendship consisting of all possible affection and tenderness on the part of the lion, and of the utmost confidence and boldness on the part of the dog; insomuch that he would lay himself down to sleep within the fangs and under the jaws of his terrible patron. A gentleman who had lost the spaniel, and had advertised a reward of two guineas to the finder, at length heard of the adventure, and went to reclaim his dog. 'You see, sir,' said the keeper, 'it would be a great pity to part such loving friends; however, if you insist upon your property, you must even be pleased to take him yourself; it is a task that I would not engage in for five hundred guineas.' The gentleman rose into great wrath, but finally chose to acquiesce rather than have a personal dispute with the lion. As Mr. Felton had a curiosity to see the two friends eat together, he sent for twenty pounds of beef, which was accord ingly cut in pieces, and given into the cage; when immediately the little brute, whose appetite happened to be eager at the time, was desirous of making a monopoly of the whole, and putting his paws upon the meat, and grumbling and barking, he audaciously flew in the face of the lion. But the generous creature, instead of being offended with his impotent companion, started back, and seemed terrified at the fury of his attack, neither attempted to eat a bit till his favourite had tacitly given permission. When they were both gorged, the lion stretched and turned himself, and lay down in an evident posture for repose, but this his sportive companion would not admit. He frisked and gambolled about him, barked at him, would now scrape and tear at his head with his claws, and again seize him by the ear and bite and pull away; while the noble beast appeared affected by no other sentiment save that of pleasure and complacence. But let us proceed to the tragic catastrophe of this extra. ordinary story; a story still known to many, as delivered down by tradition from father to son. In about twelve months the little spaniel sickened and died, and left his loving patron the most desolate of creatures. For a time, the lion did not appear to conceive otherwise than that his favourite was asleep. He would continue to smell to him, and then would stir him with his nose, and turn him over with his paw; but finding that all his efforts to wake him were vain, he would traverse his cage from end to end at a swift and uneasy pace, then stop and look down upon him with a fixed and drooping regard; and again lift his head on high, and open his horrible throat, and prolong a roar, as of distant thunder, for several minutes together. They attempted, but in vain, to convey the carcass from him; he watched it perpetually, and would suffer nothing to touch it. The keeper then endeavoured to tempt him with variety of victuals, but he turned from all that was offered with loathing. They then put several living dogs into his cage, and these he instantly tore piecemeal, but left their members on the floor. His passion being thus inflamed, he would dart his fangs into the boards, and pluck away large splinters, and again grapple at the bars of his cage, and seemed enraged at his restraint from tearing the world to pieces. Again, as quite spent, he would stretch himself by the remains of his beloved associate, and gather him in with his paws, and put him to his bosom ; and then utter under roars of such terrible melancholy as seemed to threaten all around, for the loss of his little playfellow, the only friend, the only companion that he had upon earth. For five days he thus languished, and gradually declined, without taking any sustenance, or admitting any comfort; till, one morning, he was found dead, with his head lovingly reclined on the carcass of his little friend. They were both interred together, and their grave plentifully watered by the tears of the keeper and his lamenting family.-Henry Brooke. VOCABULARY. THE FIGURES REFER TO THE NUMBERS OF THE EXTRACTS a, an, art., is often to be left out (chiefly when it stands before a noun in apposition) :-' to elect his son a member' [15], d'élire son fils membre, or comme membre; I am called a pirate; you are called a king' [45], on m'appelle pirate; on vous appelle roi ;-what a delightful treat' [43], quel délicieux régal. See what. about [14, 146], de:-'about it' [28], en;-'about his piece' [27], de sa pièce;-about the books' [27], au sujet des livres ;[142], environ ;—[46], d'environ ; - about dividing' [135], sur le partage de, sur la manière de partager; about me' [140], sur moi; -[147, 165], vers;-to wander about' [43], errer, aller çà et là; 'all about the country' [146], par tout le pays;-'N. had been declared emperor about ten days [153], il y avait dix jours environ que N. avait été proclamé empereur. about to [49, 100, 106, 139], sur le point de ;-to be about to.' être sur le point de; aller :-'I am about to sacrifice' [52], je vais sacrifier;- was about to dispute' [178], allait disputer. above. See high.-'Above ground' [9], sur terre. acquainted with (to be) :— she was familiarly acquainted with. '[85], la langue grecque lui était familière aussi bien que...; ... were you well acquainted with what' [93], étiez-vous bien informé (bien au fait) de ce qui ;-' was known to be well acquainted with taming' [114], était connu comme très au fait (fort au courant) de la manière d'apprivoiser; avait la réputation de savoir bien apprivoiser. action :-' you are going into action' [90], vous allez donner. actually, réellement, effectivement :- they actually reduced their numbers' [184 B], ils réussirent à diminuer leur nombre; le résultat réel fut que leur nombre fut diminué. additional [135], suffisant, de plus. address (to) :-'was not ad dressing him' [27], ne lui parlait | aveugle ;-'to be of age,' devenir pas: thus addressed the audience' [33], parla ainsi à son auditoire ;addressed him '[82], lui parla ;[182] lui parlèrent; [85], présenter une adresse:-'who had addressed her' [85], qui lui avait présenté une adresse. advocate (to) [82], plaider pour; plaider la cause de. affected [164], effrayé, terrifié. affection [162], sympathie. afford (to) [73, 135], donner, fournir, offrir;-'I cannot afford it,' je n'en ai pas les moyens; mes moyens ne me le permettent pas. afraid (to be), avoir peur;— 'he was afraid ' [1], il eut peur;— 'don't be afraid' [159], n'ayez pas peur. after' after forty [18], après 40 ans ;-' after she was '[85], quand elle fut (après qu'elle fut) devenue ;- after all' [159], pourtant, malgré votre promesse ;'year after year' [163], d'année en année; pendant des années. after:-A present participle governed by that preposition should be translated by the compound infinitive :-' after hearing him' [40], après avoir entendu ; after babbling' [27], après avoir babillé-after enjoying' [142], après avoir joui de. after life (in) [77], plus tard, dans mon âge mûr. afterwards [23], bientôt, peu après. again, often, or generally, expressed in French by the prefix re: -'to become again' [49], redevenir;-' to appear again' [54], reparaître ;-also, paraître encore une fois, une fois de plus, une fois encore; to charge again' [22], revenir à la charge. age:-'he was blind from age' [51], le grand âge l'avait rendu ago :- a year ago' [37], il y a un an ;-'some years ago' [88], il y a quelques années. agreed (to be) [177], s'accorder, être d'accord. aid of (in), pour, en faveur de, pour contribuer à. ail (to) :-' what ails you?' où as-tu mal? de quoi te plains-tu? qu'est-ce qui te peine? qu'est-ce qui te fait mal (de la peine)? alarm bell, tocsin. all, adj., tout, toute:-'all the while' [79], tout le temps, cependant;-'with all my efforts' [77], malgré tous mes efforts; quels que fussent mes efforts; quoi que je fisse. all, pron.:-'all present [142], tous ceux qui étaient présents; buttons and all ' [141], jusqu'aux boutons. all over, par tout le, par toute la ;-'it is all over,' c'en est fait. all the more... because, d'autant plus que. allot (to) [36], faire le partage de. allow (to), laisser:-'allowed itself to be caressed' [136], se laissa caresser ;-'to allow herself to be put to bed' [164], de se laisser mettre au lit. allowance [1], ration. almsgiving [27], aumône, faire l'aumône. along [1], le long de:-'go along the road' [145], va sur, va le long dela route. among [27], au milieu se, parmi:- among whom' [54], ez parmi eux. amount (to) [16], revenir. amused (to be), s'amuser:was amused more than surprised' [82], s'égaya plus qu'il ne s'étonna; fut plus égaye, plus disposé à rire, que surpris-who was amused with it [167], qui s'en égaya. aucun de ceux qui viendraient après eux. any more: 'they do not love me any more' [158], ils ne m'aiment plus;-' that neither they nor their children should be made slaves any more' [166], que ni eux and, after to go,' is not trans-ni leurs enfants ne seraient plus lated: je vais voir. another, un autre, encore un :— 'without another word' [37], sans ajouter un mot de plus-I will make another trial [158], je veux essayer encore une fois. answer (to) [14], répondre à; -'being answered' [75], ayant reçu pour réponse. anticipate (to) [27], prévoi ́; -[156], joui, d'avance de. any, indet. adj. [71, 146, 14, 155], tout, toute, n'importe quel, n'importe quelle ; any other goose' [1], toute autre oie, n'importe quelle autre oie ;-'at any moment' [148], à tout moment. any, indet. adj., un, une; certain, certaine; quelque:- if any soldier' [90], si quelque (un) soldat; any unusual testimony' [50], quelque témoignage inaccoutumé. any, indet. adj. (in a negative sentence), aucun, nul, pas de:'not suspecting any bad intention' [136], ne soupçonnant aucune (bas de) mauvaise intention. : any, indet. pron. [83, 147, 166], un, n'importe lequel, laquelle, lesquelles, aucun (affirmative) 'more revolting than any recorded' [184 B], plus révoltant qu'aucun de ceux qu'on rapporte. Aucun (with a negative or negative expression) :- 'refused to listen to any of his excuses [114], refusa d'écouter aucune de ses excuses;- he was not intimate with any of' [165], il n'était lié intimement avec aucun de .. nor any coming after them' [166], ni traités en esclaves. any one [88], n'importe qui, toute personne, qui que ce soit ;[145], quelqu'un, une personne quelconque ;-[158], quelqu'un ;The borrowed from any one' [165], il empruntait à n'importe qui (à tout le monde, à chacun). was any other but:-'he received in any other but a complying humour' [75], il fut reçu avec une disposition qui n'était rien moins que favorable. anything, rien (the sentence must be negative or contain some word which implies a negative sense, as sans) :-' without doing anything' [20], sans rien faire ;— without finding anything' [43], sans rien trouver;—without giving him anything' [70], sans rien lui donner;- without anything in it' [75], sans rien dedans. sentence anything (in a neither negative, interrogative, nor emphatic):-'to any thing' [75], à n'importe quoi;-to note down anything remarkable' [75], de prendre note de tout ce qui serait à remarquer ;-[152], tout, n'importe quoi;-[167 A], quelque chose, n'importe quoi. anything but, peu :-' he felt it anything but pleasant' [181], il trouvait que c'était peu agréable, il ne le trouvait nullement agréable ;— anything but an oak' [143], autre chose qu'un chêne. See nor. anything else [184 B], toute autre chose, n'importe quelle autre chose, tout le reste. anywhere :-'they are not |