73 3 Tout juste! 'exactly!' cf. note to 83 5.
73 15 ce qu'il en est: 'how matters stand.' On en cf. note to 8 19.
73 20 Chassaing (Jacques, 1821-1871): hunter of lions and panthers.
73 24 qu'est-ce que c'est donc que ... ? 'what, pray, is ... ?' disdainful; cf. 55 28.
73 27 Milianah: a city in the Zakkar mountains, about seventy-five miles southwest of Algiers. A comparison of the story of Tartarin's adventures at Milianah with the pages on that city in "Lettres de mon moulin" will show how many details have been borrowed from the notes Daudet took down during his stay in Algeria.
73 30 à regarder ... s'il: 'looking (to see) if', cf. note to 10 22.
74 4 loyal: 'honest.'