The contraction d' sometimes had a space after it, sometimes not (eg d'Aver and d' Aver). For consistency the space when present has been removed in the etext.
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, daylight, day-light; head quarters, head-quarters; musquet, musket; piquet; pistolls; rencounter.
[Pg xvi], 'alightness has' replaced by 'a lightness has'.
[Pg xxxix], (to face page) '62' replaced by '60'.
[Pg 11], Sidenotes '1751 1769 1765' replaced by '1759 1761 1765'.
[Pg 59], 'Fourteenth' in italics changed to SmallCaps.