82 10 diffas: 'diffas,' among the Arabs of Africa receptions and feasts offered to men of rank The fantasia is an Arab equestrian Exhibition.
82 11 goums 'goums,' armed contingents supplied by Algerian tribes for the French army, and commanded by French officers.
82 15 Pont-Neuf: this 'New Bridge' is the oldest of the many which span the Seine in Paris. It was completed in 1604 by Henry IV, and figures in many legends of old Paris. C'est vieux comme le Pont-Neuf has become a proverb.
82 20 faisant frrt! 'saying sst! (scat!).'
82 23 vers les six heures: = vers six heures. Cf. note to 23 16.
83 3 Plus de doute: cf. note to 13 1.
83 5 tout juste: = précisément 78 8, cf. 73 3.
83 8 ex-voto: (sing. and pl. alike), 'ex-votos,' 'votive offerings'; an offering made in fulfillment of a vow. Latin ex voto; cf. Horace, Odes, I, v. The worship of saints in Mohammedan countries (where it ranks as a superstition rather than as orthodox religion) is mainly confined to the saint's tomb, or reputed tomb.