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[4] Adam Fergusson.

[5] Dead-lights = strong shutters made to fit the cabin window to prevent the water entering in a storm.

[6] A fish caught on the rocky sh.o.r.es of New England (Tautoga Americana).

[7] See a description of this phenomena in the _Nautical Mag._ Oct.

1832.

[8] Grampus, a fish similar to a whale, but carnivorous.

[9] Presumably Basil Hall (1788-1844) who wrote books of his travels.

[10] Frances Trollope (1780-1863) wife of Thomas Anthony Trollope, writer and novelist; visited America 1827-30.

[11] Founded in 1831 by etienne Girard, a native of France, for the education of orphans.

[12] Richard Crook, a friend.

[13] Andrew Jackson, President, 1829-1837.

[14] William Tipping, a director of the L.N.W. railway in England.

[15] Pishey Thompson (1784-1862), historian of Boston.

[16] Alexander I, Tsar of Russia, 1801-1825.

[17] Since removed as unsafe.

[18] The Ca.n.a.l from the Rideau Lake connects the Ottawa River and Lake Ontario.

[19] John George Lambton, Earl of Durham (1792-1840), was High Commissioner in Canada. Author of ”Report on the affairs of British North America.”