Transcriber's Note
There is no figure 136 in the printed book, and the "annexed woodcut" referred to in the description of fig. 337 was not included. The figures in "Figs. 265,6, Plate 35" on p. 46 were hand-written.
The following apparent errors have been corrected:
- p. 56 "Figs 192 and 193." changed to "Figs 192 and 193."
- p. 65 "Fig. 181 Plate XXVII" changed to "Fig. 181, Plate XXVII"
- p. 65 "Vol I" changed to "Vol. I"
- p. 70 "elephants’s" changed to "elephant’s"
- p. 74 "Fig. 282." changed to "Figs. 281 and 282."
- p. 94 "Figs 372 and 373" changed to "Figs. 372 and 373"
- p. 98 "Fig 385." changed to "Fig. 385."
The following possible errors have not been changed:
- p. iv conquerers
- p. 32 tattoed
- p. 42 rivetted
The following are used inconsistently in the text:
- a European and an European
- cat fish and cat-fish
- ground-work and groundwork
- Juju and Ju-ju
- mouthpiece and mouth-piece
- mudfish and mud-fish
- semicircles and semi-circles
The cover image was produced by the transcriber using an illustration from the book, and is placed in the public domain.