[2] The Author's title is: "The Left-handed Man. (Legend of the
Squint-eyed, Left-handed Man and the Steel Flea.)" I. F. H.
[3] The old gunsmith's love for big words and lack of education lead
to many comical results, as in this substitution of "internecine" for
"international." A good many of these punning or dart-winged words
cannot be adequately indicated in English, but they produce quite
inimitable results in the original.
[4] The _burka_, which is impenetrable to rain, and serves as blanket,
also.
[5] Made from the _kizil_, a small sourish fruit which grows in the
Caucasus and the Crimea.