Simple typographical and spelling errors were corrected; unbalanced quotation marks were remedied when the change was obvious, and otherwise left unbalanced.
Illustrations in this eBook have been positioned between paragraphs and outside quotations. In versions of this eBook that support hyperlinks, the page references in the List of Illustrations lead to the corresponding illustrations.
[Page 83]: “wreck” was printed that way.
[Page 186]: “Pugent Sound” was printed that way.
[Page 209]: “vigorously he in every action” was printed that way.