Transcriber’s Notes:

Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained. Punctuation has been corrected without note. Other errors have been corrected as noted below. For illustrations, some caption text may be missing or incomplete due to condition of the originals used for preparation of the ebook.

Page 343, gaseous envelop environs ==> gaseous [envelope] environs

Page 345, parallel of 25° degrees ==> parallel of [25°] is

Page 345, winds are are not found ==> winds [are] not found

Page 345, by permament north ==> by [permanent] north

Page 346, constant eastterly winds ==> constant [easterly] winds

Page 346, though maritine adventure ==> though [maritime] adventure

Page 346, found themselve borne ==> found [themselves] borne

Page 347, where it orignated ==> where it [originated]