Transcriber’s Note
Variant spellings are preserved as printed, e.g. premisses, crochety, Teneriffe.
Minor punctuation errors have been repaired. Hyphenation usage has been made consistent.
Spelling of proper names has been made consistent where there was a prevalence of one form over another, as follows:
Page [xi]—Corbet amended to Corbett—Captain John Corbett ...
Page [77]—CORBET amended to CORBETT—CAPTAIN JOHN CORBETT.
Page [77]—Corbet amended to Corbett—... by Captain John Corbett, after having held the appointment ...
Page [222]—Bobart amended to Bobardt—Dr. Bobardt, b Arlington ...
Page [271]—J. C. J. amended to J. C. P.—Aldous, Rev. J. C. P., 93, 239
Printer errors have been corrected as follows: