sans voir French for the concept of "not seeing."
saucers In various cities in Europe, drinks are served on saucers; when refills are ordered, saucers are placed atop one another; when one pays the bill, the waiter counts the number of saucers.
Schwarzwald The Black Forest of Bavaria, in the southern part of Germany.
shanties crudely built cabins, or shacks.
shot buckshot.
shrapnel an artillery shell filled with metal balls that explode in the air and rip into flesh.
Simplon-Orient Also known as the Orient Express, it was, in its heyday, the most famous and elegant train on any continent.
skischule German for a skiing school.
sportifs the sporting kind.
Spur and Town and Country Two "high society" magazines.
squaw an offensive term used to refer to a Native American woman or wife.
St. Ignace a resort town on the southeast part of the northern peninsula of Michigan.
stern the rear part of a boat.
stick bomb German hand grenades had handles; during World War II, the Allies often referred to them as "potato mashers."
stick bombs hand grenades with handles.
striking Here, the reference is to fish taking the bait.
Swahili the so-called "lingua franca," or universal language used through South Central Africa — Kenya, Zaire, Tanzania, Zanzibar, and along the trading coast. Swahili is a mixture of native dialects (principally Bantu) with some Hindi, German, French and English added to it.
swale a slightly lower tract of land either created or caused by running water.
Thrace A section of Greece, it was the scene of fighting between the Greeks and the Turks in 1922.
Tommies The reference is to the Thompson's gazelle, a small antelope.
trolling fishing by trailing a baited line from behind a slow-moving boat.
