[70]. Printed by King, Sell, & Railton, Limited, 12, Gough Square, and 4, Bolt Court, E.C.
[71]. This was a purely metaphorical expression (Ed.).
[72]. An arseniate is a salt of arsenic acid, while an arsenite is a salt of arsenious acid.
[73]. See letters to Mr. Wise in chapter XVI.
[75]. This reference is to the destruction by fire of the main building of Trinity College School, Port Hope, Canada, of which Mr. Bethune was Head Master for a period of 29 years ending 1899.
[76]. Containing Miss Ormerod’s Meteorological Observations.
[77]. The death of her sister Georgiana.
[78]. State Entomologist of New York.
[79]. Mrs. Bethune was killed in a carriage accident in July, 1898.