[52] Sap, snake; sapengro, snake-charmer.
[65] Berwick-upon-Tweed. Its walls are not lofty.
[69a] In 1813.
[69b] South-western.
[71] Borrow and his brother seem to have been at the High School in March 1814, probably only for the one winter session. James Pillans was rector, and the four under-masters were William Ritchie, Aglionby Ross Carson (Borrow’s), George Irvine, James Gray.
[72] William Bowie; probably from Gaelic buidhe, yellow, and so not Norse at all.
[75] Northern.
[79] David Haggart (1801-21), thief, was born and hanged at Edinburgh. He enlisted as a drummer in July 1813, and killed a Dumfries turnkey in 1820. His curious Autobiography is written largely in thieves’ cant.
[82a] Northern.
[82b] Perhaps two hundred feet.