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1. doch, doch! (adverb. idiom), cf. page 3, note 3.

2. auch (idiomat.) omit in English!

3. Alba Regi´na (Roumanian, pronounce re-dschi´na; the same form as in Latin: alba “white,” and regina “queen,” “queenlike, queenly”). Queen Alba or Queenly (= Noble) White = Edelweiß.

4. das E´delweiß, “LEONTOPODIUM ALPINUM” of the botanists, English “Lion’s foot” or “Padelion” (from French Pas-de-lion), a woolly alpine plant, whose large, downy, and star-like white flowers are highly priced by the tourists. In translating retain the German name of the plant.

5. die Goldfäden, cf. page 10, note 10, and also page 24, note 11.