TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the book.
The warship USS Syren is referred to as Siren throughout the book (except for the title page); this has not been changed.
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Some minor changes to the text are noted at the [end of the book.]
THE
MAGAZINE OF HISTORY
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NOTES AND QUERIES
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