LAFFOREST, ROGER DE. Kala-azar.

De next morning, afore de broke ob day, massa and de trader comes round to our cabin, and seeing Phillis at de door, putting de young uns to rights, and clarin' up a little, 'fore we goes out to de field, de fierce man cracked his whip, and jumping ober de young uns, caught Phillis by de arm, and whirling her round and round, called out, 'I say, mister,

nuevo, -a, new, recently arrived, unacquainted; de , again, anew. número, m., number.

debajo, underneath, below; por de, beneath, below, under. deber, to owe, be (destined) to, must, ought.

CAULAINCOURT, ARMAND DE, a French general and statesman of the Empire, a faithful supporter of Napoleon, who conferred on him a peerage, with the title of Duke of Vicenza, of which he was deprived at the Restoration; represented Napoleon at the Congress of Châtillon (1772-1827).

"Mars Jeems McLean," said Julius, "wuz de grandaddy er dis yer gent'eman w'at is des gone by us beatin' his hoss.

Haec ciuitas multum benè situatur: Nam ad eam quasi totus mundus pro mercimonijs confluere potest: De hac dicunt Christiani qui ibi sunt, quòd credunt Imperatorem plus de ea accipere, quám Regem Franciæ de toto regno suo:

firme, firm; de , firmly, forcibly, lustily.

"Dépêchez-vous de vous marier," he said, "et ensuite revenez auprès de nous.

#hors de#, besides, outside.

Tels furent les incidents de ce jour qui a fixé le sort de l'humanité.

François, Comte (and subsequently Duc) de la Rochefoucauld, Master of the Wardrobe to Louis XIII, was descended from one of the most ancient and noble families of France.

Dat's how I knows I'll be one hund'ed years old if I lives 'til de turn o' de year.

pronto, -a, quick, prompt; adv., promptly, quickly, soon, too soon; de , suddenly, abruptly; tan ... como ..., now ... now ... pronunciar, to utter.

improviso, -a, unexpected; de , suddenly, unexpectedly.