L. 17. _Et le rauque tambour._ _Et_ does duty for _ainsi que_.

L. 18. _Les hautbois tortueux_--'tibia curva' Tibul, ii. I. 86.--_les

doubles crotales_:, crotals, or crotala, are a sort of castanets.

They are called _doubles_ because they consisted of _two_ little brass

plates, or rods.