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NOTE S.

NOTE S.

Note 1, page 1 12, line 4.
Turning rivers into blood.

See Rev. chap. VIII. verse 7, etc. "The first angel "sounded, and there followed fire and hail mingled with "blood etc."

Verse 8. "And the second angel sounded, and as it 66 were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the “sea; and the third part of the sea became blood etc."

Verse 10. "And the third angel sounded, and there "fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp; "and it fell upon a third part of the rivers, and upon the "fountains of waters."

Verse 11. "And the name of the star is called Worm"wood: and the third part of the waters became worm"wood; and many men died of the waters, because they "were made bitter."

Note 2, page 112, line 20.

Whose realm refused thee even a tomb.

Murat's remains are said to have been torn from the grave and burnt.

Note 3, page 117, line 4.

Blessing him they served so well.

"At Waterloo, one man was seen, whose left arm was shattered by a canon ball, to wrench it off with the other, and throwing it up in the air, exclaimed to his comrades, 'Vive l'Empereur, jusqu'à là mort.' There were many other instances of the like: this you may, however, depend

on as true,"

A private letter from Brussels.

Note 4, page 120, line 9.

Of three bright colours, each divine.

The tri-colour.

Note 5, page 126, line 23.

When the loud cry of trampled Hindostan.

See Fox, Burke, and Pitt's eulogy on Mr. Sheridan's speech on the charges exhibited against Mr. Hastings in the House of Commons. Mr. Pitt entreated the House to adjourn, to give time for a calmer consideration of the question than could than occur after the immediate effect of that oration.

Fox

Note 6, page 129, line 14.

The worthy rival of the wondrous Three!

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