[271] I.e., mathematics.
[279] John Thurtell, Borrow’s old Norwich crony, 1817-20, hanged at Hertford, January 9, 1824, for the murder of William Weare.
[280] Hertford.
[281a] July 17, 1820, at North Walsham, Norfolk. See ‘Lavengro.’
[281b] Cf. the lines from a song which Borrow may have heard in Ireland:
‘And by this time to-morrow you’ll see
Your Larry will be dead as mutton.
All for what? ’Caze his courage was good!’
[288a] Thimble-rigger.
[288b] Greenwich fair. See Introduction and ‘Lavengro,’ vol. ii., p. 22.
[291] Borrow really heard this tale in Cornwall, from the guide Cronan, in January, 1854.
[296] Tipperary.