32 1 1er =premier.--par: cf. note to 10 22.
32 3 déboucher: used of rivers ('empty into'), streets ('terminate at'), armies ('debouch'). Here used for comic effect; transl. 'debouch.'--la Canebière: the principal Street of Marseilles, of which the inhabitants are very proud.
32 5 s'il en manque ... des Teurs: des Teurs is anticipated by en; cf. 36 19, 38 32, 69 2.
32 10 le Zouave. the corps of French infantry in Algeria called 'zouaves' was organized in 1831. It was at first composed almost entirely of natives (hence the well-known costume which is still worn), but is now made up exclusively of Frenchmen.--devait: cf. note to 18 2.
32 14 pour la première fois: cf. 13 26-27.
32 16 Sinbad le Marin 'Sindbad the Sailor,' the hero of a well-known series of stories in the "Arabian Nights" (Mille et une nuits)
32 17 comme il y en a: 'such as there are', cf.49 8.
32 19 à perte de vue: 'as far as the eye could reach'.