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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

The original text has been maintained, including inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, lay-out, formatting, etc. and in the use of capitals, diacriticals and accents, except as described below under Changes Made. Important inconsistencies include: Saarbruck/Saarbrück, Coalbrookdale/Coalbrook Dale, Roth-liegende/Rothliegende/Röthe-liegende, Westmorland/Westmoreland, blow-pipe/blowpipe, cuttle-fish/cuttlefish, frame-work/framework, fresh-water/freshwater, Kupfer-schiefer/Kupferschiefer, rain-drops/raindrops, re-construct/reconstruct (and related words), Roth-todt-liegende/Rothe-todte-liegende, sub-divide/subdivide (and related words), tile-stones/tilestones, under-clay/underclay, water-stones/waterstones, aërial/aerial, Baikal/Baïkal, Ceteosaurus/Cetiosaurus, Colley Weston/Colleyweston, Cupanioides/Cupanioïdes, Hoffman/Hoffmann (this is apparently the same person, it is not clear what the correct spelling should be); Kjökken-Mödden/Kjökken Mödden/Kjökken-mödden, Mæstricht/Maestricht, Néocomian/Neocomian, predaceous/predacious, proboscideans/proboscidians, and Tunguragua/Tunguraqua.

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