[C] It is said somewhere in the Talmud, I believe, that King Solomon had a certain ring, which, when he would turn so that its rays would flash full upon any one, that person was compelled to tell what he was thinking about.
[D] The Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers were thus referred to by the Indians.
[E] similar story has been told by Francois Coppee in a French poem bearing the same title.
[F] This is but a feeble attempt to reproduce Homer in his own majestic Hexameter. Our language contains too many monosyllables to be cast successfully in this rhythm; hence we can give but a faint echo of the dash and roar of old Homer’s lines. The passages here reproduced, like most literary gems, lose much of their luster when taken from the settings in which the master has placed them.
[G] The slaves of the West Indies considered death as a passport to their native country.