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[Transcriber's Notes]
Obvious errors of punctuation and diacritics repaired.
The Table of Contents was generated.
Hyphen added: "bare-headed" (p. 417), "corn-field(s)" (pp. 274, 323), "kettle-drums" (pp. 317, 439, 440, 458), "saddle-bow" (p. 84), "waist-band", "waist-belt", "waist-cloth" (many occurrences changed for consistency).
Hyphen removed: "flagstaff" (p. 81), "footmen" (p. 467), "goodwill" (p. 199), "latticework" (p. 115), "tableland" (pp. 16, 83), "trelliswork" (p. 476).