In Chapter XVIII, a comma was added after "as he now and then laughingly admitted".
In Chapter XIX, "'It is', he continued tranquilly" was changed to "'It is,' he continued tranquilly", and a comma was added after "where the messenger Pacheco is".
In Chapter XXI, a comma was added after "climbing a low elevation".
In Chapter XXIII, a comma was changed to a period after "changed the subject abruptly", "one thing I am axious about" was changed to "one thing I am anxious about", and "an intrument which resembles" was changed to "an instrument which resembles".
In Chapter XXIV, commas were added around "who swung in a hammock hung low beneath her awnings", "one of two of the questions which then troubled that country" was changed to "one or two of the questions which then troubled that country", and a misformed quotation mark was fixed after "I think".
In Chapter XXV, a comma was added after "whose presence promised to complicate affairs", and a missing quotation mark was added before "It's probably just as well".
In Chapter XXXII, a comma was changed to a period after "twinkle still in his eyes", "the gauntess of his frame" was changed to "the gauntness of his frame", and a quotation mark was deleted before "I have known it all along."
The punctuation in the original edition was erratic and often ungrammatical, and many words were spelled inconsistently. Corrections have been made where the author's intent seemed clear, or where the original text was clearly incorrect or particularly confusing. Oddities that did not affect the correctness or readability of the text have been retained.