_Note E._--Anecdote of “Tucker.” Mr. Swanson.
_Note F._--Anecdote of cat hunting on three legs. Mr. John McLean.
_Note K._--The cat belonging to Lieutenant Hawthorne. This cat was first prize for weight at the Crystal Palace.
_Note L._--Anecdote related by Mrs. D. H. Gordon.
_Note N._--For private reasons the address of voucher for the truth of this anecdote cannot be published, but can be sent privately, if wished.
_Note O._--Related by Mr. Murray, Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester.
_Note P._--This sport (?) is also common in the Highlands of Scotland.
_Note Q._--This happened at the mill of Maidencraig, near Aberdeen. Mr. W. Young, was then miller.
_Note S._--This queer little doggie may be seen any evening at the Crown Hotel, Gosport. A small white bull-terrier.
[1] The aversion of the poorer classes in Scotland to receive parochial relief, or to go into “the house,” is well known. No man having once done so can--or indeed would be permitted to--hold up his head among his neighbours again.
[3] Gowk--a cuckoo, an animal of little sense.
[6] _Glossary to above._ 1, _Thrum_, a bit of thread. 2, _hum_, sing low without words. 3, _grat_, wept. 4, _eenies_, little eyes. 5, _preenies_, small pins. 6, _syne_, then. 7, _glum_, melancholy. 8, _heed_, head. 9, _bleed_, blood. 10, _beanies_, small bones. 11, _Num!_ Nice! 12, _greet_, weep. 13, _lum_, chimney-pot.
[8] Note. This chapter “is rote sarkastic.”
[10] _Pelage_ in _cat_ology = feather in _dog_ology.
[11] Honey, suet, marlingspikes, and pens.--_Jack’s translation._
[12] In my next edition I shall insert a bird-stuffer’s name here. Space to be let to the highest bidder.
[14] Throughout the story, commander, captain, and skipper mean one and the same person. In the Royal Navy, a senior lieutenant generally commands a gunboat, and is called captain for courtesy, and skipper behind his back.
[15] My! a Scottish interjection only translatable by the Greek Ιω! (_Io!_)
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