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.