[1] A damper is a cake of flour baked without yeast, in the ashes.
[2] "I have frequently," says Mr Wilkinson, in his invaluable work upon South Australia, at once so graphic and so practical, "been out on a journey in such a night, and, whilst allowing the horse his own time to walk along the road, have solaced myself by reading in the still moonlight."
[3] Mémoires d'Outre Tombe. Par M. le Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 4 vols. Paris, 1846-9.
[4] "Il y a peu des femmes, même dans le haut rang, dont je n'eusse fait la conquête si je l'avais enterprise."—Biogiaphie Universelle, xxxix. 136.
[5] Alluding to the name l'Infame, given by the King of Prussia, D'Alembert, and Diderot, in their correspondences, to the Christian religion.
[6] Dante.
[7] Cook's grease.
[8] East-Indian steward.
[9] Mina-bird, or Grakle; a frequent pet in homeward-bound East Indiamen, and singular for its mimetic faculty; but impudent, and, from educational disadvantages, not particularly select in its expressions: appearance as described by the lieutenant.
[10] Familiar metonomy, at sea, for the ship's cook.