[10] Compliments.
[11] That is, from the foundation, or beginning.
[12] To pine or long for anything. This is a good old English word, which has been retained in the plantation vocabulary.
[13] A corruption of "aye, aye." It is used as an expression of triumph and its employment in this connection is both droll and picturesque.
[14] Southern readers will recognize this and "han'-roomance" as terms used by negroes in playing marbles,—a favorite game on the plantations Sunday afternoons. These terms were curt and expressive enough to gain currency among the whites.
[15] Levy.
[16] The veritable Pan's pipes. A simple but very effective musical instrument made of reeds, and in great favor on the plantations.
[17] A species of sweet-shrub growing wild in the South.
[18] Triangle.
[19] That is to say, Brother Rabbit sang the air and Brother Fox the refrain.