Yet with all the hoped for joy anticipated from the grateful confluent reciprocations of goodness, we acknowledge a selfish grief foreboded in our exile from Heraclea into the civilized world of instinctive strife, although consoled with the auramental presence of our Manatitlan familiars.
R. ELTON SMILE, Proscriptor.
In testimony of joyful authenticity, we the undersigned members of the Teutonic corps of the R. H. B. Society subscribe our names in verification of the Historiographer’s correct interpretation of the events transpiring under our observation.
| Giganteo XL., | Adestus, |
| Dosch of Manatitla. | Prætor of Heraclea of the Falls. |
| M. Hollydorf, | |
| Director of the Corps. | |
| Lepidopterus Baāhar, | |
| Entomologist. | |
| Octave Pettynose, | |
| Buzz Curator of Sound. | |
| Falsetto Lindenhoff, | |
| Stridential Curator and Recorder of Genealogical Sounds. | |
| Honorary Addendas: | Guillermo Welson, |
| Mentor. | |
| Diego Dow, | |
| Naturalist. | |
| Truly Rural Greenwood, | |
| Expeditionary Aid. | |
| Padre Simon, | |
| (Under protest) Mythological Curator of Souls. | |
| Jack and Bill Smith or Jones, | |
| Sons of Neptune, and volunteer Aids. |
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
- Added [CONTENTS].
- There was no CHAPTER numbered IV in the book. Renumbered remaining chapters accordingly.
- Changed ‘of recent’ to ‘of a recent’ on p. [187].
- French paragraph beginning at the bottom of p. [256] was sans accents.
- Changed ‘throughly dried’ to ‘thoroughly dried’ on p. [273].
- Changed ‘you was’ to ‘you were’ on p. [298].
- Silently corrected typographical errors.
- Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.