FOOTNOTES
[1] Viz., 'The Huntress,' 'Beaver,' 'Europa,' 'America,' 'Maria,' and 'Mary Lord.'
[2] A fast pulling and sailing boat.
[3] A poetical term for small-footed women.
[4] One of the most famous Chinese dynasties, 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D., from which the name 'children of Han.'
[5] Bogue is a corruption of the Portuguese word bocca (mouth). When the Portuguese first approached it, about 1525, the strong resemblance of the red sandstone eminence to the left of the narrow mouth of the Pearl River to a tiger's mouth, caused the exclamation, still perpetuated in its name, 'Bocca Tigre!' The Chinese name for it is 'the Lion's Gate.'
[6] Sampan, a small skiff or boat.
[7] 'Chow-Chow,' mixed.
[8] Siamese teak.
[9] Any Mandarin or official station was locally known as 'Chop-house.'