[3] Babcock, p. 139.
[4] Astronomical calculations demonstrate that the sun rose and set at the time mentioned, October 17, in Latitude 41°, 24′, 10″, almost exactly that of Narragansett Bay.
[5] In Old Norse the term “Hop” was applied to any inlet, fiord or harbor with a narrow entrance, widening inside not far from the entrance to a larger lake or lagoon into which a river flowed.
[6] The commander of the Prince Charles of Lorraine, of whom we shall write later.
[7] The words used by Father Fauque are “corsaire anglois.”—Trans.
[8] Les corsaires.
[9] Suspecting that Rodelan and Rhode Island were similar enough in sound to mislead Father Fauque, we examined the list of governors of Rhode Island, and found that William Greene was governor in 1744-5. This, therefore, was a Rhode Island privateer.[10] Father Fauque says Captain Potter was “Creole de la Nouvelle Angleterre.” He, of course, means he was a native of New England, and we have thus translated it.—Trans.
[10] The Prince Charles was owned in Newport. See ante, [p. 44].
[11] Very true.—Ed.
[12] Some of these are still preserved in Bristol.—Ed.