TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Reading edition
P. xi, corrected the page references of the illustrations but left them in the original order in the List of Illustrations.
P. 344, changed “thought there were evidences” to “though there were evidences”.
P. 320, changed “yams, okre” to “yams, okra”.
Silently corrected typographical errors and also variations in spelling.
Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.