[20] Pigeon-English for 'quicksilver.'
[21] 'Unfortunate.'
[22] A complimentary term.
[23] Captain Elliot.
[24] Baring Brothers & Co.
[25] Pigeon-English for 'gentlemen.'
[26] A complimentary term.
[27] One of our partners whom we had sent to London. Lord Byron once wrote of him to Murray as full of 'Entusymusy;' so we called him 'Tusymusy.'
[28] Their Chinese names were Tan and Tung, but these words not being readily distinctive to the foreign ear, they both became Tom, while 'Old' and 'Young' were added to suit their respective ages.
[29] 'My compliments to you.'