LONDON:
Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street,
For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
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.
[Pg xxxiii], 'castle of L'Ourde 5' replaced by 'castle of L'Ourde 52'.
[Pg 3], 'towards Ticonderago' replaced by 'towards Ticonderoga'.
[Pg 21], Sidenote '1815' inserted at the paragraph 'In 1815 the ...'.
[Pg 55], 'occupy the barracks' replaced by 'occupying the barracks'.