Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
Spelling being fluid in Captain Dangerous' life, spellings such as "Quean" (which shows up twice) were retained.
Varied hyphenation in this book includes: a-piece and apiece, Gunshot and Gun-shot; maingears and main-gears; Night-cap and Nightcap; Red-hot and Redhot.
The remaining corrections made are indicated by dotted lines under the corrections. Scroll the mouse over the word and the original text will appear.