[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,