Transcriber’s Note.

The book cover image has been fabricated by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

Minor errors in punctuation and formatting have been silently corrected.

The spelling has been left intact, except where there are obvious printer’s errors, or where a more conventional spelling is employed in every other instance. Minor inconsistencies in punctuation have also been corrected, without further mention.

On p. 118, the first entry for May 3 may have been intended as the 2nd.

The following table summarizes the issues encountered, and their resolution:

p. 6G[r]eat JoyAdded.
p. 67commissonerAdded
p. 73Th[o/e]se are my restoration daysCorrected.
p. 76opport[n/u]nityCorrected.
p. 77bag of patatoessic
p. 79to-day [h/w]e have a very authentic accountCorrected.
p. 83pud[p/d]ingCorrected.
as much as seven of [of] usRemoved.
p. 89gar[r]isonAdded.
p. 110infor[n/m]edCorrected.
p. 176concer[n]ingAdded.
p. 177sailed f[or/ro]m FranceTransposed.
p. 205pulled of[f] a pair of[f] trowsersAdded/removed.
p. 208[m/w]e wentCorrected.
p. 256Rho[l/d]e IslandCorrected.