[7] John Thomas Borrow (1800-1833), ensign and lieutenant in his father’s regiment, art student under Old Crome and Benjamin Haydon, and from 1826 a mining agent in Mexico.
[19] Norwegian ells—about eight feet. (B.)
[22] Dereham.
[31a] Charles Hyde Wollaston (1772-1850), vicar from 1806—my mother’s uncle.
[31b] James Philo (1745-1829), an old soldier, for fifty years parish clerk.
[33] In 1810.
[37] Whittlesea Mere. In 1786 it measured 3½ miles from east to west by 2½ miles, and it was drained in 1850-51.
[44] Much such a man, perhaps a descendant, travelled East Anglia about 1866. He used to visit schools to exhibit his snakes.
[48] Better béngesko or beng’s, devil’s.
[50] Tiny tawny is not Romany. Tárno means “small” or “young.”