41 15. erected their speaking eyes. Study this expression until its forcefulness is felt. The camel is notorious for its unresponsive dullness; indeed its general apathy to its surroundings is all that accounts for its apparent docility. De Quincey, therefore, is speaking by the book when he describes these brutes as "without the affections or sensibilities of flesh and blood." Their very submissiveness is due to their stupidity.
41 20. those of Xerxes. See Crete's History of Greece, Chap. XXXVIII.
41 29. untread. A dictionary word, but uncommon. Recall similar words used by De Quincey which add picturesqueness in part because of their novelty.
41 31. their old allegiance. 1616. See the close of this paragraph.
41 33. scapegoat. Leviticus, xvi, 7-10; 20-22.
42 32, 33. land of promise ... house, etc. Deuteronomy, viii, 14; ix, 28.
43 8. Orsk. Upon the river Or.
43 9. Oriembourg. A fort.
43 23. sinister. Etymology?
43 29. transpiring. Like aggravate and liable, a word often misused. What does it mean?