Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained; for example, collar-bone, collarbone; body-guard, bodyguard; race-horse, racehorse; affirmatory; undauntable; hebetude; horsy; tiffin.
[Pg ix]: ‘Sporting Contempories’ replaced by ‘Sporting Contemporaries’.
[Pg 10]: ‘near Beresford’ replaced by ‘nearby, Beresford’.
[Pg 60]: ‘up unconcious’ replaced by ‘up unconscious’.
[Pg 99]: ‘aide-de-camps’ replaced by ‘aides-de-camp’.
[Pg 103]: ‘been ricochetting’ replaced by ‘been ricocheting’.
[Pg 154]: The handwritten column headings in this chart are names of game animals. Two names are unclear, and are shown as ‘S???’ and ‘K???’. Some numbers were also unclear; reasonable guesses have been made.
[Pg 200]: ‘philanthrophy, while’ replaced by ‘philanthropy, while’.
[Pg 218]: “aide-de-camps’” replaced by “aides-de-camp’s”.
[Pg 321]: ‘to Indi as’ replaced by ‘to India as’.
Index: ‘[Fripp]’ replaced by ‘Fripps’.
Index: ‘[Goodijack]’ replaced by ‘Godjack’.
Index: ‘[Umvalovsi]’ replaced by ‘Umvaloosi’.