[2] Nickname of the prison chaplain.
[3] Prison slang, meaning slipping away.
[4] Slang for police.
[5] Major Finnerty, commanding the military in Freemantle; bugle being slang for nose, and the major’s fuddled up to the orthodox rosy red.
[6] W. F. C. Robinson, Governor of West Australia, who was so eager to capture us that he personally assisted to put the cannon and ammunition on board.
[7] Colonel Harvest, commander of the forces in West Australia.
[8] American sailors called Ursa Major the Dipper.
[9] Meeting the Gulf-weed out at sea encouraged Columbus and his sailors to continue on their course, it being considered an indication of land.
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