Transcriber’s Note

The following typographical errors were corrected:

[page 54], “been” changed to “been on”
[page 54], “mast.” changed to “mast?”
[page 60], “clergyman” changed to “clergyman.”
[page 96], “operation.” changed to “operation?”
[page 97], “may” changed to “many”
[page 251], “coxwain” changed to “coxswain”
[page 252], “as well” changed to “a swell”
[page 319], “kine” changed to “kind”
[page 341], “Colpoy’s” changed to “Colpoys’”
[advertisements, page 12], “success” changed to “success.”

In addition, many missing or wrong quote marks have been standardized.

Inconsistent use of hyphens and capitalization of military ranks has been retained as in the original.

[One illustration], which was between pages 32 and 33 in the original edition, has been moved to page 65, as indicated in the list of illustrations.