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[1] The Château de Saint-Léons standing just outside and above the village of Saint-Léons, where the author [[40]]was born in 1823. Cf. The Life of the Fly, chaps. vi. and vii.—A. T. de M. [↑]
[2] The brother whom Fabre here associates with the memories of his childhood has also proved a credit to his name and his vocation. M. Frédéric Fabre is to-day Director of the Crillon Canal and assistant justice for the southern canton of Avignon. [↑]
[3] Souvenirs, VIII., pp. 126, 127; Bramble-Bees, chap. xiii, “The Halicti.” [↑]
[4] The war of 1830 with Algiers.—A. T. de M. [↑]
[5] Souvenirs, pp. 260–270. The Life of the Fly, chap. vii., “The Pond.” [↑]
[6] The Wheat-ear, one of the Saxicolæ, is known also as the White-Tail, the meaning of both forms being the same; White-ear being a corruptive of the Anglo-Saxon name. Both correspond with the Provençal Cul-blanc. The Stonechat is a member of the same genus. B. M. [↑]
[7] Souvenirs, pp. 292–300. The Life of the Fly, chap. xvii., “Recollections of Childhood.” [↑]
[8] Souvenirs, VIII., pp. 125–129. Bramble-bees, chap. xiii., “The Halicti: The Portress.” [↑]