[5] Dead-lights = strong shutters made to fit the cabin window to prevent the water entering in a storm. [6] A fish caught on the rocky shores of New England (Tautoga Americana). [7] See a description of this phenomena in the _Nautical Mag._ Oct. 1832. [8] Grampus, a fish similar to a whale, but carnivorous. [9] Presumably Basil Hall (1788-1844) who wrote books of his travels. [10] Frances Trollope (1780-1863) wife of Thomas Anthony Trollope, writer and novelist; visited America 1827-30. [11] Founded in 1831 by Etienne Girard, a native of France, for the education of orphans. [12] Richard Crook, a friend. [13] Andrew Jackson, President, 1829-1837. [14] William Tipping, a director of the L.N.W. railway in England. [15] Pishey Thompson (1784-1862), historian of Boston. [16] Alexander I, Tsar of Russia, 1801-1825. [17] Since removed as unsafe. [18] The Canal from the Rideau Lake connects the Ottawa River and Lake Ontario. [19] John George Lambton, Earl of Durham (1792-1840), was High Commissioner in Canada. Author of "Report on the affairs of British North America." [20] The boundary between Canada and the United States. [21] Built in 1823-32. [22] Built by the French in 1755. [23] All three had recently been rebuilt. [24] Died at Boston 1832. [25] Erected 1825-42 to commemorate the battle of Bunker Hill 1775. [26] _Constitution_, American ship in war of 1813. [27] William Ellery Channing, D.D., 1780-1842, Unitarian Minister at Boston from 1803 until his death. [28] The sunken reefs which made this dangerous to navigation were removed by nitro-glycerine explosions in 1876 and 1885. [29] The Catskill Mountains rise abruptly from the Hudson 2000-3000 feet high. [30] Dr. Priestley died at Northumberland, Pa., 1804. [31] Botan. Conocarpus. [32] A light four-wheeled carriage. [33] Thomas Hamilton, 1789-1842. [34] Two small islands south-west of Wexford. Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Bearing in mind that the bulk of this text is a personal journal, irregular punctuation, use of hyphens and variant spellings remain as printed. End of Project Gutenberg's A Journey to America in 1834, by Robert Heywood