33 11 Jean Bart (1651-1702): a famous sailor and privateer, of low birth, ennobled by Louis XIV. Duguay-Trouin (1673-1736) privateer and naval commander.
33 18 saumons: 'salmon' (fish), in metallurgy 'pigs' (here, of lead) A pig is an oblong mass of cast metal, especially iron or lead.
33 19 caroubes: 'carob beans,' the sweet pulpy pods, dried, of the caroubier (76 24), a tree of the countries bordering the Medditerranean, the "husks" of Luke xv, 16, and sometimes sold as a dainty at American fruit stands--colzas colza, or rape, is a sort of turnip with no thick root, raised for the oil of its seeds and for pasturage.
33 20 de Hollande: 'Dutch' The hard Edam cheese, made in globular molds and dyed red on the outside, is familiar to Americans.
33 21 Génoises: women of Genoa (Gênes], seaport in northern Italy.
33 25 fez: 'fez', named from the city of Fez in Morocco, where it is made a felt or cloth cap, dark red, with a tassel--a mesure: 'in proportion) as it fell ', cf. note to 58 18.
33 27 de femmes et d'enfants: they followed to pick up (glean, glaner) what fell from the carts--balayette dimmutive of balai cf. colline, collinette 4 11, garçon, garçonnet 25 2, seul,seulet 63 18, seulette.
33 28 bassin de carénage: 'dry dock' Carénage 'careenage' = a place for, or the act of, careening a ship for the purpose of examining or repairng its hull or keel (carène).