Transcriber's Note
Reading edition
Illustrations have been moved near the relevant section of the text.
Page numbers are documented as links within the source code.
Inconsistencies have been retained in hyphenation and grammar, except where indicated in the list below.
Here is a list of the minor typographical corrections made:
"curiouly" changed to "curiously"
Period added after "2"
"the the" changed to "the"
"avourable" changed to "favourable"
Period moved from after "Chapter" to after "3"
"sucseeded" changed to "succeeded"
"succesfully" changed to "successfully"
"dfficult" changed to "difficult"
Period added after "apart"
Period added after "day"
"croocked" changed to "crooked"
"difficut" changed to "difficult"
"is is" changed to "is"
"an" changed to "and"
"ha" changed to "has"
"troub" changed to "trouble"
"alwasy" changed to "always"
Comma removed after "Bench"
"its" changed to "it's"
"fnrther" changed to "further"
Single quote changed to double quote after "Nature."
"witten" changed to "written"