[342] Supply “died.”

[343] Supply “of.”

[344] Substitute “which.”

[345] Those.

[346] A corruption of “benzoin,” a resinous juice obtained from a tree that flourishes in Siam and the Malay Archipelago.  When heated, it gives off a pleasant odor.  It is one of the ingredients used in court-plaster.

[347] This word should be omitted.

[348] The “press gang” was a naval detachment under the command of an officer, empowered to seize men and carry them off for service on men-of-war.

[349] Off Lowestoft, in 1665.  Though the Dutch were beaten, they made good their retreat, and heavily defeated the English the next year in the battle of The Downs.

[350] See Ps. lx. 11; cviii. 12.

[351] Were.

[352] See Exod. xiv., xv., and xvi. 1-3.

[353] “H.F.” is of course fictitious.

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