Transcriber's Note: The following typographical errors present in the original text have been corrected for this electronic edition.
On the copyright page, "Norwood Perss" has been changed to "Norwood Press".
In Chapter II, a missing period was added after "I don't claim to be amphibious, exactly".
In the illustration captioned "Sliding Down to Work", "Lighthhouse-builders" was changed to "Lighthouse-builders".
In Chapter III, "holdin on to him" was changed to "holdin' on to him", and "sixteeen per cent" was changed to "sixteen per cent".
In Chapter IV, a comma was changed to a period following "rousted out the crew".
In Chapter V, "come to live" was changed to "come to life".
In Chapter VIII, "overwhemed by an avalanche" was changed to "overwhelmed by an avalanche".
In Chapter X, "As the Miama neared her" was changed to "As the Miami neared her".
In Chapter XI, "were sent abroad" was changed to "were sent aboard".