[270] Under the parallel of 76°, the moon continues incessantly above the horizon about seven or eight days in each month. [↑]
[271] Vermoeden wy geen dagh, doent al dagh was—we thought that it was not day, when it already was day. [↑]
[272] Hadde op dien dagh niet uyt de koy gheweest—had not that day been out of bed. [↑]
[273] So wast wel opt hooghste van den dagh—it was truly the height of day. [↑]
[274] Loot—a loot or half-ounce; of which 32 go to the pound. The quantity mentioned above is equal to 4 pounds 11 ounces avoirdupois. [↑]
[275] Was meest al de cracht uytgevroren—had almost all its strength frozen out of it. [↑]
[276] Een ronden hoep—a round hoop. [↑]
[277] Dat men se in huys mochten toe halen ghelijck een val, als de vossen daer onder quamen—so that when the foxes came under it, as in a trap, we might drag them into the house. [↑]
[278] Met een betoghen lucht—with a cloudy sky. [↑]
[279] Locxkens. In Sewel’s Dutch and Eng. Dict. by Buys, Lokje, the modern form of this word, is thus defined:—“a little hollow log, such as seamen sometimes use to put sauce in, for want of another dish: hence it is that some will call any saucer with that name.” [↑]