FOOTNOTES:
[1] It may be interesting to readers to know that the adventure of the Slains Castle and the unexpected return of those who had been mourned as dead, is, in almost every detail, the true history of a British vessel called The Wandering Minstrel, which sailed from Hong Kong in 1887 and was not heard of again for more than two years, when her first mate and “a castaway” suddenly appeared in Honolulu, and a steamer was sent off to rescue the remainder of the party.
[2] Peptones and pre-digested albumens are also soluble in boiling water; but these substances do not naturally occur in our food stuffs. Some, but very few, of the patent meat extracts, consist of peptones or altered albumens soluble in boiling water.
[Transcriber’s note—the following changes have been made to this text.
Page 827: purtrefy to putrefy—“putrefy and die”.
Page 832: decease to disease—“disease was most prevalent”.]