Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.
Mid-paragraph illustrations have been moved between paragraphs
and some illustrations have been moved closer to the text that
references them. The paginations in the list of illustrations and Index
have been adjusted accordingly.
Footnotes were moved to the end of chapters and numbered in one continuous
sequence
Other corrections:
p. 72: Suffrière changed to Soufrière (Soufrière of St. Vincent in 1812).