[16] Probably Lord Frederick Bentinck, brother of Lord William.
[17] The criers in villages on Mount Lebanon stand on the roofs of houses at sunset, and, with a loud voice, give out the orders and proclamations of their Sheykhs and Emirs.
[18] Sir Robert Liston, ambassador to the Porte.
[19] Dr. John Scott, of Bedford Square, a distinguished Oriental scholar.
[20] There is a proverb, shortly and beautifully expressed in Oriental language, the sense of which is this:—“There are two things, which God laughs at in heaven—men’s determination to elevate a mortal—men’s determination to crush one—either of which He alone can do.”
[21] Lady Hester Stanhope advised a Dutch passport in consequence of the insecurity to which, after the battle of Navarino, the English, French, and Russians were for a time exposed, from the vengeance of the Turks.
[22] There is a curious work, called The Doctor, written, as I have understood, by Dr. Southey; and, in the 123rd chapter, he seems to allude to Lady Hester’s care in providing a suit of clothes against my arrival. He is speaking of misplaced economy—
“Which, of a weak and niggardly projection,
Doth, like a miser, spoil his coat with scanting
A little cloth:”