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==Page 733==
'''Mr. C. Dicey's County Atlas'''<br>
Cluer Dicey, see this [http://humphrysfamilytree.com/Dicey/cluer.html LINK].

'''Carp'''<br>
Carp is a common name for various species of an oily freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia.  Some consider all cyprinid fishes carp, and the family Cyprinidae itself is often known as the carp family.  In colloquial use, however, carp usually refers only to several larger cyprinid species such as Cyprinus carpio (common carp), Carassius carassius (Crucian carp), Ctenopharyngodon idella (grass carp), Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (silver carp), and Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (bighead carp).  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carp WIKI]

'''Dace'''<br>
Leuciscus is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae.  They are commonly called Eurasian daces; familiar species include the Common Dace and Ide.  The genus is widespread form Europe to Siberia.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leuciscus WIKI]

==Page 734==
'''Mr. Bird'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_43:_436-439#Page_436 436].

'''Miller of Wherr'''<br>
Dixon's Old Man

'''Honorable E.I.C.'''<br>
Honorable East India Company

'''Chaldron'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_22:_215-227#Page_219 219].

'''Binchester'''<br>
Binchester is a small village in County Durham, England.  It has a population of 271.  It is situated between Bishop Auckland, which is to the south, and a short distance to the west of Spennymoor.  It has a community centre, swing park and football field and is surrounded by countryside.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binchester WIKI]

'''Torpidinous'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_49:_476-483#Page_477 477].

==Page 735==
'''Chub'''<br>
Squalius is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae, containing the European chubs (the "European Chub" proper is S. cephalus).  This genus belongs to the subfamily Leuciscinae as other chubs and daces generally do.  From/See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squalius WIKI]

'''Bulkheads'''<br>
A wall within the hull of a ship, vehicle, or container.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulkhead WIKI]

'''Phlegmatick'''<br>
Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.  From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phlegmatic WIKI]

'''''Data'''''<br>
Cf. pages [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_73:_706-713#Page_709 709] &
[http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_9:_87-93#Page_89 89].

==Page 736==
'''Preston'''<br>
Preston is a city and non-metropolitan district of Lancashire, in North West England.  It is located on the north bank of the River Ribble in the Central Lancashire sub-region.  Preston and its surroundings have provided evidence of ancient Roman activity in the area, largely in the form of a Roman road which led to a camp at Walton-le-Dale.  The Saxons established Preston; the name Preston is derived from Old English words meaning "Priest settlement" and in the Domesday Book appears as "Prestune".  During the Middle Ages, Preston formed a parish and township in the hundred of Amounderness and was granted a Guild Merchant charter in 1179, giving it the status of a market town.  Textiles have been produced in Preston since the middle of the 13th century, when locally produced wool was woven in people's houses.  Flemish weavers who settled in the area during the 14th century helped to develop the industry.  Sir Richard Arkwright, inventor of the spinning frame, was a weaver born in Preston.  The most rapid period of growth and development in Preston's history coincided with the industrialisation and expansion of textile manufacturing...  In the early 18th century a writer said Preston was "a pretty town with an abundance of gentry in it, commonly called Proud Preston".  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston WIKI]

'''Liverpool'''<br>
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary.  Historically a part of Lancashire, the urbanisation and expansion of Liverpool were largely brought about by the city's status as a major port.  By the 18th century, trade from the West Indies, Ireland and mainland Europe coupled with close links with the Atlantic Slave Trade furthered the economic expansion of Liverpool.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool WIKI]

==Page 737==
'''Factors'''<br>
A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factor_%28agent%29 WIKI]

'''Food Riots'''<br>
Probably an anachronism here, referring to, or at least riffing upon, the Irish Famine of 1740/41, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Famine_%281740%E2%80%931741%29 WIKI].

'''Mutton'''<br>
Lamb, hogget, and mutton are the meat of domestic sheep.  The meat of an animal in its first year is lamb; that of an older sheep is hogget and later mutton.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutton WIKI]

'''Corollary'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_72:_694-705#Page_696 696].

'''Ambit'''<br>
The sphere or area of control and influence of something.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambit WIKI]

'''North Cape'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_74:_717-732#Page_717 717].

==Page 738==
'''Hammerfost'''<br>
Hammerfest is a city and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.  The municipality encompasses parts of three islands: Kvaløya, Sørøya, and Seiland.  See/From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerfest  WIKI]

'''Hovel'''<br>
1. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. <br>
2. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut. <br>
3. In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. <br>
From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hovel WIKI]

'''Bayley'''<br>
William Bayley, astronomical assistant in the Royal Observatory, was sent by the Royal Society to the North Cape for obs in 1769.

'''H.M.S. ''Emerald'''''<br>
See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Emerald LINK].

'''Captain Douglas'''<br>
May be this guy:  Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet (1703 – 2 November 1787) naval officer and Commodore of Newfoundland, born England.  Douglas became a captain in the Royal Navy in 1744 and in 1746 was appointed Commodore of Newfoundland by Vice-Admiral Townsend.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_James_Douglas,_1st_Baronet WIKI]

'''Floe'''<br>
A low, flat mass of floating ice.  From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/floe WIKI]

==Page 739==
'''Sledge'''<br>
Any type of sled or sleigh.  From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sledge WIKI] 

'''Gimbals'''<br>
A device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped.  From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gimbal WIKI]

'''"[T]he Earth's Surface [...] began to curve sharply inward, leaving a great circum-polar Emptiness [...] toward which our path was taking us [...] And 'twas so that we enter'd, by its great northern Portal, upon the inner Surface of the Earth."'''<br>
Thus, Dixon relates to Mason his journey into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_earth Hollow Earth], guided by what seems to be an extraterrestrial being. See [[Chapter_55:_542-553#Page 548|p.548]].  Also, see page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_61:_597-607#Page_603 603].

Additionally, in hindsight, I am wondering if Squire Haligast is not possibly an expatriate of the Hollow Earth.  His gifts may come from his use of the Tellurick Forces.  Just another idea.  Cf. page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_48:_466-475#Page_474 474].

'''Meg Bland'''<br>
Dixon's lady

'''farinaceously'''<br>
Farinaceous-    
1. made from, or rich in starch or flour <Br>
2. having a floury texture; grainy <br>
From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/farinaceous WIKI]

'''Tundra'''<br>
In physical geography, tundra is a biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons.  The term tundra comes from Kildin Sami tūndâr, which means "uplands, treeless mountain tract."  There are three types of tundra:  Arctic tundra, alpine tundra, and antarctic tundra.  In tundra, the vegetation is composed of dwarf shrubs, sedges and grasses, mosses, and lichens.  Scattered trees grow in some tundra.  The ecotone (or ecological boundary region) between the tundra and the forest is known as the tree line or timberline.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra WIKI]

==Page 740==
'''debouching'''<br>
To pour forth from a narrow opening.  To emerge from a narrow place like a defile into open country or a wider space.  From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debouch WIKI]

'''''Terra Concava'''''<br>
Hollow Earth

'''Corollary'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_72:_694-705#Page_696 696].

'''Echelon'''<br>
A formation of troops, ships, etc. in parallel rows with the end of each row projecting further than the one in front.  From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/echelon WIKI]

'''imbricated'''<br>
Having regular overlapping edges; intertwined.  From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/imbricate WIKI]

''''Secular Change of Declination''''<br>
Fairly certain this is in reference to Aberration of Light, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberration_of_light#Secular_aberration LINK]

==Page 741==
'''Outer Darkness'''<br>
In Christianity, the outer darkness is a place referred to three times in the Gospel of Matthew ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%208:12&version=ESV 8:12], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2022:13&version=ESV 22:13], and [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2025:30&version=ESV 25:30]) into which a person may be "cast out", and where there is "weeping and gnashing of teeth".  Generally, the outer darkness is thought to be hell; however, many Christians associate the outer darkness more generally as a place of separation from God or from the metaphorical "wedding banquet" that Jesus is expected to have upon his Second Coming.  Translated literally, the Greek text of Matthew reads "into the darkness, the outer", with a definite article before both the noun and the adjective.  For this reason, the New International Version translates this text as "outside, into the darkness".  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_darkness WIKI]

'''"to go anywhere is ever to ''de''scend."'''<br>
The partially italicized word might be a reference, or at least could've been influenced by Richard Farina, who used partially italicized words quite often in ''Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me.''

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