TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. P. [xi], corrected the page references of the illustrations but left them in the original order in the List of Illustrations.
  2. P. [344], changed “thought there were evidences” to “though there were evidences”.
  3. P. [320], changed “yams, okre” to “yams, okra”.
  4. Silently corrected typographical errors and also variations in spelling.
  5. Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.