[Note 2], Page 69.
"But come not near the hollyhock."
The flower of the hollyhock contains a species of poison, which is fatal to bees, and round its nectaries and petals several of these insects are frequently found lying insensible.
[Note 3], Page 85.
Loch Awe.
A lake in Argyleshire. My earliest years were spent in its neighbourhood; but I have not been there since I was a mere boy.
"Ah! there my young footsteps in infancy wandered,
My cap was the bonnet, my cloak was the plaid;
On chieftains long perished my memory pondered,