Transcriber’s Notes:
Some presumed printers’ errors have been corrected without mention, including normalizing punctuation and minor spelling errors.
page 16 - probably publisher's error - "After climbing steeply she leveled off to start down at the clearing" - changed to "... stare down at ...."
page 49 - "near with the firebottle" changed to "near with the fire bottle"
page 59 and two other pages - “gage” is used where we would today use "gauge" - left the word as is, it seems to be a slightly archaic spelling but is used consistently in the text
page 97 - "The pilot didn’t bale out" left as is, instead of changing to "bail out" - some references indicated that "bale out" is correct for "using a parachute to escape a plane"
page 169 - “The monkeys are sacred. Religion is a potent, force to these people” comma after “potent” removed
page 182 - “You loose your two bucks. She’s a lady” “loose” changed to “lose”
page 217 - “People who open secret cargos also” “cargos” changed to “cargoes”
page 223 - removed extraneous comma after "some" "...his tail controls until, slowly, like some, great, graceful bird..." changed to "...his tail controls until, slowly, like some great, graceful bird..."