- p. vi "Inchkeith Light-hoouse" changed to "Inchkeith Light-house"
- p. vi "Corsewall Light-houuse" changed to "Corsewall Light-house"
- p. vii "92–74" changed to "72–74"
- p. vii "93–81" changed to "75–81"
- p. viii "is passed" changed to "is passed."
- p. ix "137–130" changed to "127–130"
- p. x "a Life-boats" changed to "a Life-boat"
- p. xii "hree" changed to "three"
- p. xii "562–277" changed to "272–277"
- p. xiv "Tinber" changed to "Timber"
- p. xvii "Mr Forest" changed to "Mr Forrest"
- p. xix "Instructions" changed to "Instructions."
- p. xix "VI Schedules" changed to "VI. Schedules"
- p. xix "wth Sections" changed to "with Sections"
- p. 5 (sidenote) "1736" changed to "1786"
- p. 10 "E," changed to "E.,"
- p. 10 "SE," changed to "SE.,"
- p. 20 (sidenote) "Sanday." changed to "Sanday"
- p. 26 "From the" changed to "“From the"
- p. 28 "uinformity" changed to "uniformity"
- p. 29 "nonoticed" changed to "noticed"
- p. 44 "Turnberry Point." changed to "Turnberry Point,"
- p. 50 "Langnees" changed to "Langness"
- p. 53 "Masters’ Names" changed to "Masters’ Names."
- p. 55 "Plate II,;" changed to "Plate II.;"
- p. 56 "Puzzolano" changed to "Pozzolano"
- p. 67 "sea-cost" changed to "sea-coast"
- p. 74 "them," changed to "then,"
- p. 79 "Bell Rock;" changed to "Bell Rock,"
- p. 79 (sidenote) "Dee." changed to "Dee"
- p. 81 "southernside" changed to "southern side"
- p. 100 (sidenote) "Loan" changed to "Loan."
- p. 105 (sidenote) "reading" changed to "reading."
- p. 116 (sidenote) "7th August" changed to "7th August."
- p. 133 "duty," changed to "duty."
- p. 142 (sidenote) "Monday, 31st" changed to "Monday, 31st."
- p. 159 "artifieers" changed to "artificers"
- p. 172 "Plate XII" changed to "Plate VIII"
- p. 194 "Plate XIII" changed to "Plate XIII."
- p. 196 "Plate XII." changed to "Plate IX."
- p. 206 "Bell Rock," changed to "Bell Rock."
- p. 213 "the a species" changed to "a species"
- p. 225 (sidenote) "12th" changed to "12th."
- p. 238 (sidenote) "13th" changed to "13th."
- p. 238 (sidenote) "the Rock" changed to "the Rock."
- p. 239 "circumtances" changed to "circumstances"
- p. 247 "applyed" changed to "applied"
- p. 250 (sidenote) "pram boats" changed to "praam-boats"
- p. 254 (sidenote) "a a small" changed to "a small"
- p. 259 (sidenote) "February," changed to "February."
- p. 267 "lowt hey" changed to "low they"
- p. 272 "windlas" changed to "windlass"
- p. 282 "obliged slip" changed to "obliged to slip"
- p. 282 (sidenote) "to day" changed to "to-day"
- p. 288 (sidenote) "Mortar makers" changed to "Mortar-makers"
- p. 292 "hyp num" changed to "hypnum"
- p. 293 "opportuty" changed to "opportunity"
- p. 296 "tthe Rock" changed to "the Rock"
- p. 303 (sidenote) "5th" changed to "5th."
- p. 305 (sidenote) "Beacon" changed to "Beacon."
- p. 308 "with rain," changed to "with rain."
- p. 311 "A. M" changed to "A. M."
- p. 329 (sidenote) "Beacon" changed to "Beacon."
- p. 329 "bridge, which which" changed to "bridge, which"
- p. 331 "measuer" changed to "measure"
- p. 334 "cr e" changed to "crew"
- p. 334 "ballass" changed to "ballast"
- p. 335 (sidenote) "Thirty-fifth" changed to "Thirty-first"
- p. 335 (sidenote) "Beacon" changed to "Beacon."
- p. 340 "provided" changed to "provided."
- p. 343 "Thirtieth" changed to "Fortieth"
- p. 343 "balance-crane" changed to "balance-crane."
- p. 348 "petticoat-trowers" changed to "petticoat-trowsers"
- p. 363 "3rd" changed to "3rd."
- p. 364 "respresented" changed to "represented"
- p. 373 (sidenote) "20th." changed to "19th."
- p. 373 (sidenote) "21st." changed to "20th."
- p. 374 (sidenote) "3d." changed to "23d."
- p. 374 (sidenote) "2d." changed to "24th."
- p. 376 (sidenote) "27th." changed to "26th."
- p. 376 (sidenote) "26th." changed to "27th."
- p. 383 (sidenote) "Station" changed to "Station."
- p. 383 "29.90." changed to "29.90"
- p. 386 "&c" changed to "&c."
- p. 389 (sidenote) "landed" changed to "landed."
- p. 410 (sidenote) "house" changed to "house."
- p. 411 (sidenote) "Rock" changed to "Rock."
- p. 412 "propritey" changed to "propriety"
- p. 418 "premisses" changed to "premises"
- p. 422 "seeiug" changed to "seeing"
- p. 428 "prosions" changed to "provisions"
- p. 433 "eef, Bin Llb." changed to "Beef, in Lib."
- p. 433 "Galls" changed to "Galls."
- p. 433 "Butter in Lib." changed to "Butter, in Lib."
- p. 433 ",Beer in Qts." changed to "Beer, in Qts."
- p. 434 "Articers" changed to "Artificers"
- p. 434 "89.225" changed to "892.25"
- p. 435 "Syevenson" changed to "Stevenson"
- p. 440 "Cssist" changed to "Assist"
- p. 443 "of a a" changed to "of a"
- p. 449 "foretel" changed to "foretell"
- p. 459 "cubit" changed to "cubic"
- p. 471 "7 4" changed to "7.4"
- p. 496 "Forest’s Passage." changed to "Forrest’s Passage."
- p. 501 "Plate XXIII" changed to "Plate XXIII."
- p. 503 "faint lines" changed to "faint lines."
- p. 505 "Plate XVII" changed to "Plate XVII."
- p. 523 "Fig.1." changed to "Fig. 1."
- p. 523 "in this way" changed to "In this way"
- p. 527 "lense" changed to "lens"
- p. 533 "Plate VII" changed to "Plate VII."
- (plate) "PLATE II" changed to "PLATE II."
- (plate) "PLATE XII" changed to "PLATE XII."
- (plate) "PLATE XVI" changed to "PLATE XVI."
- (plate) "PLATE XXI." changed to "PLATE XXIII."
The following additional changes have been made from the printed text:
- Plates I to XXI have been moved next to their descriptions.
- Duplicate sidenotes have been removed.
- Totals carried forward at the end of each page of the Account of Expence have been removed.
- Large tables have been split and reformatted with keys and altered punctuation, in order to fit smaller displays.
- Spacing of sums of money has been regularised in the form L. 61,331:9:2.
The text contains many Scottish and archaic words and spellings, as well as inconsistent capitalisation and punctuation, which have otherwise been retained. Apostrophes are not consistently used in possessive plurals.
Compass directions are inconsistently presented in the forms SW. and S.W.; S. SW. and S.SW.
References to diagrams are given in the forms á and a´.
The colours mentioned in the description of plate III. on p. 490 are not apparent.
The following possible errors have been left as printed:
- p. 239 "35 persons"
- p. 334 "with it mortar"
- p. 339 "Thirty-eighth"
- p. 346 "slump sum"
- p. 353 "alwise"
- p. 457 "begin to the"
- p. 500 "plat"
- p. 519 "several apartment"
The name of the engraver of Plate I was not intact in the copy of text transcribed.