Transcriber's Note:
Obvious typographical errors in the editor's text have been corrected. Inconsistent or incorrect accents, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation in the original documents and quotes were left as printed.
- On [page 28], "aimable" should possibly be "amiable".
- On [page 40], "as taken umbrage" should possibly be "has taken umbrage".
- On [page 58], "Chamley, of New Castle" should possibly be "Charnley of Newcastle".
- On [page 100], "Mr. A." should possibly be "Mrs. A".
- On [page 233] "youself" should possibly be "yourself".
- On [page 418] "pp. 197*-204*" should possibly not have asterisks.
- "£##" and "##£" are used interchangeably (with and without spacing.)
- The same is true for "$##" and "##$".
- "Major Glassel" ([page 7]) and "Major Classel" ([page 24]) appear to be the same person.
[Some references in the Index are incorrect.]
- No entry exists for "Coral snake".
- The entry for ["Audubon parentage and early names"] is missing a page reference.
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