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[342] Supply "died."
[343] Supply "of."
[344] Subst.i.tute "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 fict.i.tious.
