Those footnotes are moved to follow the paragraph within which they are references, and a sequenced numerically for uniqueness. Notes [3] and [7] are referenced twice each in the text. The three notes on the poem beginning on p. [504] are lettered A, B, and C.
Keeping in mind the vintage of the text, spelling has generally been followed.
In a discussion of language learning, on p. [178], the phrase “he added five words each month” seems an error, but it is impossible to determine what the author must have meant.
Hyphenation of compound words can be variable. Where it occurs on a line break, the most commonly used form is assumed.
Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. The following issues should be noted, along with the resolutions.
| [117.1] | large quantites of good fish | Added. |
| [168.3] | resentment at the vill[ia/ai]n’s audacity | Transposed. |
| [168.15] | founded on p[er/re]judice | Transposed. |
| [178.19] | [five words] | sic. |
| [233.25] | and that [t]he soup is well flavored | Added. |
| [253.11] | while, on the other hand, [it ]is greatly depreciated; | Added. |
| [304.12] | that the Oore[e]ahs> are | Added. |
| [353.29] | whenever Soonees and [and] Sheeaus intermarry | Removed. |
| [378.28] | Contrast this simple lament[at]ion | Added. |
| [380.26] | upon enquiring into the sym[p]toms | Added. |
| [425.16] | (i.e. the common sea-conch,[)] | Added. |
| [441.8] | roses were collected on different days.[’] | Removed. |