22 27 que diable! 'hang it all!'
22 30 Mungo-Park (1771-1806, no hyphen in English) Scotch explorer of the Niger--Caillé (René, 1799-1838} a Frenchman, the first European to return alive from Timbuktu.
22 31 Livingstone (David, 1813-1873) celebrated Scotch missionary and traveler--Duveyrier(1840-1892) French geographer, and explorer of the northwestern Sahara.
23 3 à partir de ce jour-là: 'from that day on'--ne ... plus que: cf. note to 4 23.
23 10 faire son tour de ville: cf. note to 12 21.
23 11 pas accéléré: 'quick time', pas redoublé, 'double quick', pas gymnastique, 'run.'
23 13 selon la mode antique: there is no evidence that ancient runners carried pebbles in their mouths Daudet is perhaps thinking of the well known story about Demosthenes Modern runners carry something, not usually pebbles, in their mouths to induce themselves to hold the mouth shut and breathe through the nose, and also to keep the mouth moist by inciting the flow of saliva.
23 16 jusqu'à des dix et onze heures: 'even as late as ten and eleven o'clock' Des and et (instead of ou, 'or) lend emphasis to the Expression.