TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.
Errors/inconsistencies of the author that have been preserved:
The Usumacinta River is referred to as the Usumacinto River.
Tabasco and Tobasco are used interchangeably.
Minor spelling and hyphenization inconsistencies (e.g. corn-field/corn field, lamplight/lamp-light, etc.).
Alterations to the text:
[Title Page]
Add illustrator’s credit.
[Chapter III]
Change “Zilbalbay spoke to me in the presence” to Zibalbay.
[Chapter VI]
“tore along her deck from stem to stem” to stern.
“the mouth of the Usamacinto river” to Usumacinto.
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