[2] "I have frequently," says Mr Wilkinson, in his invaluable work upon South Australia, at once so graphic and so practical, "been out on a journey in such a night, and, whilst allowing the horse his own time to walk along the road, have solaced myself by reading in the still moonlight." [3] _Mémoires d'Outre Tombe._ Par M. le VICOMTE DE CHATEAUBRIAND. 4 vols. Paris, 1846-9. [4] "Il y a peu des femmes, même dans le haut rang, dont je n'eusse fait la conquête si je l'avais enterprise."--Biogiaphie _Universelle_, xxxix. 136. [5] Alluding to the name _l'Infame_, given by the King of Prussia, D'Alembert, and Diderot, in their correspondences, to the Christian religion. [6] Dante. [7] Cook's grease. [8] East-Indian steward. [9] _Mina-bird_, or Grakle; a frequent pet in homeward-bound East Indiamen, and singular for its mimetic faculty; but impudent, and, from educational disadvantages, not particularly select in its expressions: appearance as described by the lieutenant. [10] Familiar metonomy, at sea, for the ship's cook. [11] Five o'clock, P.M. [12] It is here due to the credit of our friend the captain, who was not unusually imaginative for a sailor, to state, that this speculation as a commercial one, is strictly and literally a _fact_, as the Anglo-Indian of Calcutta can probably testify. The bold and all but poetical catholicity of the idea could have been reached, perhaps, by the 'progressing' American intellect alone, while Staffordshire, it is certain, furnished its realisation: the investment, it is nevertheless believed, proved eventually unprofitable. [13] Currents are designated from the direction they run _towards_; winds, the quarter they blow _from_. [14] _Wales: the Language, Social Condition, Moral Character, and Religious Opinions of the People considered in their relation to Education._ By Sir THOMAS PHILLIPS. 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 606. London: 1849. [15] For the information of those among our readers who may not be aware of the fact, it will be well to mention that Sir Thomas Phillips was knighted for having, as mayor of Newport, in Monmouthshire, aided so materially in suppressing the Chartist riots that took place there in 1839. [16] "In Breconshire, the proportion of persons who speak English is much larger; but a considerable number of these are immigrants from England to the iron works; whilst, in Radnorshire, the great bulk of the population is not Celtic, and English is all but universal." [17] The leading scholars and authors of Wales are all named Williams: viz. Archdeacon Williams, and the Revs. Robert Williams, John Williams, Rowland Williams, Charles Williams, and Morris Williams--none of them relations!