[23] Mal-Pla-kay´.
[24] See Vol. II., p. 127.
[25] See Vol. II., p. 126.
[26] These high explosive shells were nicknamed "Antwerp expresses."
[27] Seaside resort of Belgium, 11 miles north-east of Ostend.
[28] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
[29] That is, Sea Bruges. Zā-brug´ge, the port of Bruges, with which it is connected by a ship canal seven miles long.
[30] Inhabitants of Brittany, a former province of France, forming the extreme north-west. The people are of Celtic stock, and their language is allied to the Welsh. Brittany was partly settled from England and Ireland in the fifth and sixth centuries, and thereafter was called Britannia Minor. Brittany has always been famous for its sailors. Jacques Cartier, the discoverer of the St. Lawrence, was a Breton.
[31] Ron´ark.
[32] French sailors wear a red pompom on the top of their caps.