Transcribers' Notes
The following amendments have been made to the text:
Page 7. Final hyphen (chapter 3) replaced by em dash
Page 8. Chapters 3 and 4: 'Louisburg' replaced with Louisburgh
Page 18. Closing quotation marks added after ...a halo of fog.
Page 41. Hyphen removed from 'sun-shine' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 46. Hyphen removed from 'bag-pipe' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 48. Hyphen removed from 'main-land' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 61. Hyphen removed from 'road-side' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 62. Hyphen added to 'sawbuck' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 63. Ending quotation marks added to end of paragraph: ...like a beast neither."
Page 68. Full stop replaced by comma between ...such a look and "you must know...
Page 69. Hyphen removed from 'over-land' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 71. Hyphen removed from 'light-house' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 71. Hyphen removed from 'over-head' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 80. Hyphen added to 'overcoats' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 81. Hyphen removed from 'mid-night' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 88. Hyphen removed from 'over-head' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 89. Hyphen removed from 'night-fall' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 89. Duplicate 'of' removed from ...the lady of of the "Balaklava" put on...
Page 91. Hyphen removed from 'sea-board' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 92. Hyphen removed from 'sweet-meats' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 93. Opening quotation marks added to paragraph Picton, I will be frank...
Page 110. Closing quotation marks removed from ..."On board the 'Vigilant,'
Page 114. Closing quotation marks added to paragraph ...milk and potatoes down there.
Page 126. Closing quotation marks added to paragraph ...the inevitable hour'----
Page 126. Opening quotation marks added to paragraph 'The paths of glory lead...
Page 139. Hyphen replaced by space in 'Nova-Scotia' to ensure consistency
Page 145. Hyphen removed in 'moon-light' to ensure consistency
Page 146. Hyphen removed in 'patch-work' to ensure consistency
Page 152. 'Kavanah' replaced by 'Kavanagh' to ensure consistency
Page 153. Hyphen removed in 'oat-meal' to ensure consistency
Page 170. Hyphen removed in 'chamber-maid' to ensure consistency
Page 189. Hyphen added to 'doorway' to ensure consistency
Page 192. Hyphen added to 'fireplace' to ensure consistency
Page 193. Hyphen added to 'keynote' to ensure consistency
Page 200. Spelling of 'melliflous' corrected to 'mellifluous'
Page 201. Spelling of 'hackmatack' standardised to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 203. Hyphen removed from 'sunlight' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 209. Comma removed from At, last we approach...
Page 216. Opening quotation marks added after em dash in ...said he--'The Scarlet Letter.'...
Page 224. Hyphen added to 'Grand Pré' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 225. Hyphen added to 'overcoats' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 234. Uncock capitalised in "uncock those pistols
Page 237. Closing quotation marks added after ..."Canada?
Page 258. Hyphen added to 'gaslights' to ensure consistency
Page 276. Hyphen removed in 'hand-writing' to ensure consistency
Page 308. Hyphen added to 'Grand Pré' to ensure consistency with other uses
Page 321. Hyphen added to 'headquarters' to ensure consistency