[5] Dead-lights = strong shutters made to fit the cabin window to prevent the water entering in a storm.
[6] A fish caught on the rocky shores of New England (Tautoga Americana).
[7] See a description of this phenomena in the Nautical Mag. Oct. 1832.
[8] Grampus, a fish similar to a whale, but carnivorous.
[9] Presumably Basil Hall (1788-1844) who wrote books of his travels.
[10] Frances Trollope (1780-1863) wife of Thomas Anthony Trollope, writer and novelist; visited America 1827-30.
[11] Founded in 1831 by Étienne Girard, a native of France, for the education of orphans.
[12] Richard Crook, a friend.
[13] Andrew Jackson, President, 1829-1837.
[14] William Tipping, a director of the L.N.W. railway in England.