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Chapter 13

Note III

PAGE 37 (45).—The Horn of Egremont Castle. This Story is a
Cumberland tradition; I have heard it also related of the Hall of
Hutton John an ancient residence of the Huddlestones, in a
sequestered Valley upon the River Dacor.

Note IV.

PAGE 58 (64).—The Seven Sisters. The Story of this Poem is from the German of FREDERICA BRUN.

Note V.

Page 63 (71); line 6.—

"…. that thy Boat
May rather seem
To brood on air," &c. &c.

See Carver's Description of his Situation upon one of the Lakes of
America.

Note Vi.

PAGE 112 (120); line 8.—"Her tackling rich, and of apparel high." From a passage in Skelton, which I cannot here insert, not having the Book at hand.

Note VII.

PAGE 150 (158); line 11.—"Oh! for a single hour of that Dundee."
See an anecdote related in Mr. Scott's Border Minstrelsy.

Note VIII.

PAGE 152 (160); lines 13 and 14.—

"Who are to judge of danger which they fear
And honour which they do not understand."

These two lines from Lord Brooke's Life of Sir Philip Sydney.

End of the First Volume.