FOOTNOTES:
[163] Basa Metzia, c. 4, m 10.
[164] The head of a bandage is a technical term in surgery.—Tr.
[165] The German word mandel (literally almond) means a collection of fifteen. There being no one word expressing it collectively in English, baker's dozen (which means thirteen) seems to come near enough.—Tr.
[166] See Dr. Franklin's verses, comparing different classes of people to different kinds of paper. Sparks's edition of Franklin's Works, Vol. II. p. 161.—Tr.
[167] It is well known that spring flowers, on account of dampness and shade, are for the most part suspicious; as also the autumnal ones.
[168] Museum of Nymphæ or Chrysalides.—Tr.
[169] In the artistic technical sense.—Tr.
[170] A black resin, used for violin-strings.—Tr.
[171] Alluding to the case where by this change of the town-clock the Basle people outwitted an enemy—Tr.
