[3]See the narrative of this circumstance, as it appeared, at the time, in the Naval Chronicle and other public journals. Upon this signal instance of British valour in a person so young as to be almost a child in the service, and who had gallantly volunteered to accompany the expedition upon this dangerous enterprise, the Captain of his ship presented Mr. Chappell with the sword of the Spanish Commander, as the prize of his valour.
[4]The Gunner was tried by a Court-martial, during our stay at the Nore; and was sentenced, to be reprimanded, and to receive an admonition to be more cautious in future.
[5]This is one of the most remarkable examples of the Cyclopéan architecture of the Celts which is known to exist; owing to its remote situation with regard to the rest of Europe.
[6]The Fucus Vesiculosus of Linnœus, or Bladder Fucus; called also Sea Oak, and Sea Wrack. The alkaline salt obtained from these ashes is the common carbonate of soda.
[7]For an accurate Table of the different degrees of variation, see [Appendix (A)].
[8]For any further particulars respecting the Settlements and progress of the Moravians, on the Coast of Labrador and elsewhere, the Reader is referred to a “History of the Mission of the United Brethren among the Indians in North America,” in Three Parts, by George Henry Laskiel; translated from the German, by Christian Ignatius La Trobe, 1794. Also to “The Periodical Accounts of their Missions,” published by the Brethren’s Society, for the furtherance of the Gospel, at No. 10, Nevil’s Court, Fetter Lane, Holborn, London.
[9]See the Vignette to p. 1.
[10]See the rough [Sketch of a Canoe], made by the Author on the spot. Plate I.
[11]Mr. Hearne, in his Journey to the Mouth of the Coppermine River, observes, that the Esquimaux, on the sea coast to the northward, used kettles made of lapis ollaris.
[12]It was probably Sea-weed; a kind of food eaten as a stew, or soup, by the natives of the Isle of St. Kilda, in the Hebrides.