[103] According to Horsburgh, the least favorable season for getting to the southward, is the period from June to September inclusive.
[104] Bisoño—(Spanish) raw, undisciplined:—
Pistol. Under which king, Bezonian? speak or die.
Henry IV, Part II.
[105] The double pistole was a coin of about the value of thirty or thirty-five shillings.
[106] So that he may get away when it pleases him.
[107] Alluding to the attempt the fleet made to return northabout. In the British Museum is preserved a curious old pack of playing cards, on which are depicted subjects relating to the defeat of the “Spanish Armada”. On the ten of spades is shewn a consultation about returning by the North Ocean.
[108] Such a wind as would enable them to lie aslant or obliquely near the desired course. It is commonly said that “a calm is half a fair wind”; it is more than this, as out of thirty-two points, twenty would be fair.
[109] Easterhand?
[110] Répartir—(French) to divide.
[111] Various schemes have been tried to distil fresh water at sea from salt water; but none apparently have succeeded in producing an equivalent for the expense of fuel. In steam vessels a considerable supply is obtained from the condensation of the steam.