[153] Sailor Brothers, chaps. ix, x, and xi.
[156] Probably Joseph Hill—the frequent correspondent of the poet Cowper.
[157] Miss Mary Leigh left her property—in so far as she had any right to do so—in trust for (a) the Rev. Thomas Leigh; (b) James Leigh Perrot; (c) William Henry Leigh.
[158] Not to be confused with his uncle, Thomas Leigh, Rector of Harpsden and father of Mrs. Austen.
[160] This letter is quoted by Miss Hill, [pp. 163-7].
[161] Unfortunately, Jane appears to date her letters merely 'Southampton,' until she moved to Castle Square.
[162] Alphonsine, by Madame de Genlis; The Female Quixote, published 1752, by Mrs. Charlotte Lennox, author of the phrase: 'A thought strikes me: let us swear an eternal friendship.'