[37] Note 4, page 287, line 84.
And planks which curve and crackle in the smoke.
The curvature of planks for the sides of a ship, &c. is, I am informed, now generally made by the power of steam. Fire is nevertheless still used for boats and vessels of the smaller kind.
[38] Note 5, page 289, lines 171 and 172.
And oft the foggy banks on ocean lie,
Lift the fair sail, and cheat th' experienced eye.
Of the effect of these mists, known by the name of fog-banks, wonderful and indeed incredible relations are given; but their property of appearing to elevate ships at sea, and to bring them in view, is, I believe, generally acknowledged.
LETTER II.
... Festinat enim decurrere velox