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laudanum – a sedative made from opium

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Dr. Carpenter – William Benjamin Carpenter (1813–1885), the author of a number of fundamental books on physiology

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Dr. Elliotson – John Elliotson (1791–1868), the author of ‘Human Physiology’ (1840); he combined ordinary medical treatment with mesmerism and clairvoyance.

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Mr. Combe – George Combe (1788–1858), a psychiatrist who studied mental abilities and traits of character

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the Antipodes – two places on the opposite sides, or two things or persons with opposite qualities

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mesmerism – a sort of hypnotism

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by jingo – an exclamation of surprise (out of use now)

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Bedlam – Bethlem Royal Hospital for mentally ill patients, first mentioned in 1329

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head full of maggots – to have maggots in one’s head = to have a strange fancy or idea

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caught a Tartar – had to deal with a troublesome person

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Richardson – Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), an English novelist, the author of ‘Pamela’ and ’Clarissa’, most popular novels of the 18th–19th centuries

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Mackenzie – Henry Mackenzie (1745–1831), a Scottish novelist, playwright and poet

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Roscoe – William Roscoe (1712–1865), an English writer and politician

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Robertson – William Robertson (1721–1793), a Scottish historian and one of the most prominent British historians of the 18th century

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omens – an omen is a thing or event regarded as a sign or a warning of fortune

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occult – magical, supernatural, secret

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Oxford Street – one of the main streets in central London, a shopping centre of London

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paletot – a coat

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gaiters – a kind of stockings covering legs from knee to ankle, usually made of wool or leather

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metamorphosis – change, often radical, caused by develop-ment or natural reasons

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neophyte – a person newly converted to some religion or faith

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catechism – religious instruction in the form of questions and answers

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Rotterdam – an important European port, one of the largest cities in the Netherlands, first mentioned in 1283

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garret – a small room in the roof or on the upper floor of the house

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Bombay – now Mumbai, a large city in southwestern India, India’s commercial, financial and religious centre, the main port on the Arabic Sea

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NOTE . – Wherever the Report touches on the events of the birthday, or of the three days that followed it, compare with Betteredge’s Narrative, chapters viii. to xiii.

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Calais – a large port in northern France, located on the Straight of Dover, 34 km from England

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Plymouth – a city and seaport in the county of Devon in the southwest of England

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Kattiawar – Kattiawar Peninsula and province of the same name in west-central India, in Gujarat state

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Dwarka – Dwarkeswar, a river and province in southeastern India, in West Bengali state

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Krishna – one of the most worshipped Indian divinities, the eighth incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu and the hero of the epic ‘Mahabharata’

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Hindoo-Boodhist – the follower of Hindu-Buddhism, an In-dian variety of Buddhism, a phylosophicai and religious teach-ing of Buddha; Buddhism first appeared in the 4th century BC in northern India.