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Footnote 1: [(return)] Singapoor is derived from Sing-gah, signifying to call or touch at, bait, stop by the way; and poor, a village (generally fortified), a town, &c.—(Marsden's Malay Dictionary). It is considered at this island, or rather at this part of the island where the town is now situated (the name, however, has been given by Europeans to the whole island), there was formerly a village, inhabited principally by fishermen. The Malays, who traded from the eastward to Malacca, and others of the ports to the westward, touched at this place. Singa also signifies a lion (known by name only in the Malay countries), from which the name of the island has been (no doubt erroneously) supposed to be derived.
Footnote 2: [(return)] Kampong Glam, near Sincapore, has its flame derived, it is said, from Kampong, signifying a village; and Glam, the name of a particular kind of tree.
Footnote 3: [(return)] "He snatched lightning from heaven, and the sceptre from tyrants."
Footnote 4: [(return)] "Thou canst lead kings and their silly nobles."
Footnote 5: [(return)] "One out of many."
Footnote 6: [(return)] "They are called owls (striges) because they are accustomed to screech (stridere) by night."
Footnote 7: [(return)] Mr. Simeon's. None of our well-beloved renders, we presume, are so fresh as not to know this gentleman's name.