[163] Basa Metzia, c. 4, m 10.
[164] The _head_ of a bandage is a technical term in
surgery.--TR.
[165] The German word _mandel_ (literally _almond_) means a
collection of _fifteen_. There being no one word expressing it
collectively in English, _baker's dozen_ (which means thirteen)
seems to come near enough.--TR.
[166] See Dr. Franklin's verses, comparing different classes of
people to different kinds of paper. Sparks's edition of
Franklin's Works, Vol. II. p. 161.--TR.
[167] It is well known that spring flowers, on account of
dampness and shade, are for the most part suspicious; as also the
autumnal ones.
[168] Museum of Nymphæ or Chrysalides.--TR.
[169] In the artistic technical sense.--TR.
[170] A black resin, used for violin-strings.--TR.
[171] Alluding to the case where by this change of the town-clock
the Basle people outwitted an enemy--TR.