FOOTNOTES:
[40] In olden times the caporals were the leaders chosen by the Corsican communes when they rebelled against the feudal lords. To-day the name is sometimes given to a man who, by reason of his property, his alliances, and his clientage, exerts a certain influence and acts as a sort of magistrate in a pieve or a canton. The Corsicans, by an ancient custom, divide themselves into gentlemen (some of whom are magnificoes, others signori), caporali, citizens, plebeians, and foreigners.
[41] The word is in this instance synonymous with outlaw.
[42] A corps levied within a few years by the government and employed on police duty, concurrently with the gendarmerie.
[43] The uniform of the voltigeurs consisted of a brown coat with a yellow collar.
[44] A leather girdle used as cartridge-box and as wallet.