Note 20 — PREMIER ÉPISODE
Reading edition · Edition 2
2 20: flèches caraïbes: 'Carib arrows.' The Caribs are the most war-like tribe of northern South America, the home of the famous curare poison and other arrow-poisons.--casse-tête: any kind of war-club that can be wielded by one hand; transl. 'war-clubs' (cf. 59 29); indeclinable.