[231] MS. notes taken down from Mr. Egan.
[232] Joseph Crosfield's Report to the Society of Friends, p. 145.
[233] James H. Tuke's report to the same Committee, p. 147.
[234] In Irish corrac, pr. corrach or currach. This primitive boat was made of a slight frame work of timber and covered with skins, whence its name. In early times corrachs were used in all the British islands. They are mentioned by many Latin authors, especially by Cæsar, who had several of them made after the British model.
[235] Mr. Tuke's report, p. 148.
[236] Letter dated from Killybegs, 18th of 12th month, 1846. Report, p. 151.
[237] The Sack of Baltimore, by Thomas Davis. A ballad, one of whose many beauties is the striking correctness of its topography.
[238] Letter of Commander J. Cruford Caffin, R.N., of Her Majesty's steam sloop "Scourge," dated 15th February, 1847, written to Captain Hamilton.
[239] Assistant-Commissary Bishop's letter of 14th Feb., 1847.
[240] So he always signed himself, although Captain Caffin calls him Dr. Traill.