TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. Changed all ‘Quinte’ to ‘Quinté’ as the latter was the dominant spelling.
  2. Added ‘CHAPTER XXXIa.’ table heading on p. [xx].
  3. Added ‘CHAPTER XLVa.’ table heading on p. [xxiv].
  4. Made corrections as indicated in ERRATA on p. [xxxii].
  5. Switched ‘CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.’ to ‘INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER I.’ on p. [1] to agree with Chapter II arrangement.
  6. Changed ‘comfort’ to ‘comfort, and’ on p. [241].
  7. Changed ‘clergyman, and’ to ‘clergyman, and I’ on p. [264].
  8. Changed ‘CHAPTER XXXI’ to ‘CHAPTER XXXIa’ on p. [295].
  9. Changed ‘CHAPTER XLI.’ to ‘CHAPTER XLII.’ on p. [366].
  10. Changed ‘adzes and hatches’ to ‘adzes and hatchets’ on p. [367].
  11. Changed 'above ail' to 'above all' on p. [388].
  12. Changed ‘One’ to ‘One of’ on p. [398].
  13. Changed ‘CHAPTER XLV’ to ‘CHAPTER XLVa’ on p. [402].
  14. Changed ‘English languish’ to ‘English language’ on p. [461].
  15. Silently corrected typographical errors.
  16. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.