Transcriber’s Note
Reading edition
The following typographical errors were corrected:
page 54, “been” changed to “been on”
page 54, “mast.” changed to “mast?”
page 60, “clergyman” changed to “clergyman.”
page 96, “operation.” changed to “operation?”
page 97, “may” changed to “many”
page 251, “coxwain” changed to “coxswain”
page 252, “as well” changed to “a swell”
page 319, “kine” changed to “kind”
page 341, “Colpoy’s” changed to “Colpoys’”
advertisements, page 12, “success” changed to “success.”
In addition, many missing or wrong quote marks have been standardized.
Inconsistent use of hyphens and capitalization of military ranks has been retained as in the original.
One illustration, which was between pages 32 and 33 in the original edition, has been moved to page 65, as indicated in the list of illustrations.