209. BURGUNDY is a section of eastern France famous for its fine wines.
238. THE GASPEREAU is a river that flows into the Basin of Minas, east of Grand Pre.
242. GLEBE, soil.
249. LOUISBURG, BEAUSEJOUR (b[=o] s[=e]´ zh[=o][=o]r,) and PORT ROYAL were towns which had been taken from the French by the British.
259. THE CONTRACT was considered almost as binding as a marriage. Remember this.
260-2. As soon as a young man arrived at the proper age, the community built him a house, broke the land about it, and supplied him with all the necessaries of life for twelve months. Then he received the partner whom he had chosen, and who brought him her portion in flocks. ABBE REYNAL.
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280. LOUP GAROU ( l[=o][=o]-ga-r[=o][=o] ) means man-wolf. There was a tradition that a man had the power to change himself into a wolf to devour children.
282. LETICHE (l[=a]-t[=e]sh´).
293. IN SOOTH, in truth.