he artillery at Gettysburg was indeed something to
be long and well remembered. It was so awful that on the field wild
rabbits, appalled by the sound, ran to the gunners and soldiers and tried
to take refuge in their bosoms. Those who have only heard cannon fired
singly, or a single discharge of cannon, can have no conception of what
such sounds when long sustained are like.

{274} Apropos of Olcott he did good and noble work in the war, in the
field, and also out of it as a Government detective, and I am very far
from being ashamed to say that I aided him more than once in the latter
capacity. There was a lady in Philadelphia who availed herself of a
distinguished position in society so as to go and come from Richmond and
act as spy and carry letters between rebel agents. I knew this and told
Olcott of it, who put a stop to her treason. I also learned that a
rascally contractor had defrauded Government with adulterated chemicals.
Olcott had him heavily fined.

{309} The reader may find some interesting references to Robert Hunt in
the Introduction by me to the _Life of James Beckwourth_, the famous
chief of the Crow Indians. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893.

{333} "CUSTER was the life and soul of the greatest hand-to-hand victory
ever gained over the Indians of the Plains--except Patsy Connor's Bear
River Fight."--_The Masked Venus_, by RICHARD HENRY SAVAGE.

{334} Miss Owen is well known to all folk-lorists as the first living
authority on _Voodoo_.

{346} I am revising this MS. in the beautiful palazzo built for Ristori,
22 Lung Arno Nuovo, Florence. It is now the Pensione Pellini. On the
ground floor are statues representing Ristori in different parts.

{349} Scallawag, from the Gaelic _scallag_, a vagabond.--_D.
MacRitchie_.

{372} For _depuisse-quand_, _vide_ Paul de Kock.

{373} On due reflection, I believe that I have here had a slip of
memory. I was not till after a year, when returning from Italy, that
these incidents occurred. But as it is all strictly true in every
detail, I let it remain, as of little consequence.

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