FOOTNOTES:

[ [A] This tale was written by Mr Wilson from the circumstance of "The Tales of the Borders" having been adopted as a lesson-book in several schools—Ed.

[ [B] The contrast here shown may be extended by a reference to "The Henpecked Man," and thus three specimens of the uxori emancipatus will be brought into comparison.—Ed.

[ [C] The same anecdote is related of Dr Thomas Brown, the philosopher.

[ [D] A phrase signifying that a smuggling vessel had delivered her cargo.