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NOTE II.

Page 11.—The solitary Reaper. This Poem was suggested by a beautiful sentence in a MS Tour in Scotland written by a Friend, the last line being taken from it verbatim.

NOTE III.

Page 65.—The Blind Highland Boy. The incident upon which this Poem is founded was related to me by an eye witness.

NOTE IV.

Page 106; line 10.—"Seen the Seven Whistlers, &c." Both these superstitions are prevalent in the midland Counties of England: that of "Gabriel's Hounds" appears to be very general over Europe; being the same as the one upon which the German Poet, Burger, has founded his Ballad of the Wild Huntsman.

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