Inconsistencies in hyphenation such as “fore-finger”/“forefinger” have been maintained.
Minor punctuation and spelling errors have been silently corrected and, except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, especially in dialogue, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
- [Page 22]: “Such was the expedition used, that John Vail” changed to “Such was the expedition used, that John Vale”.
- [Page 34]: “those who had come to spoil them, the armdes” changed to “those who had come to spoil them, the arms”.
- [Page 43]: “Will you promise secresy and obedidence” changed to “Will you promise secrecy and obedience”.
- [Page 54]: “the black of a mourning vail” changed to “the black of a mourning veil”.