TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Reading edition
The John Long, Ltd. edition (London, 1927) was consulted for some of the changes listed below.
Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. fog-belt/fog belt, stateroom/state-room, water-bottles/water bottles) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
Convert footnotes to endnotes.
Add chapter numbering.
Punctuation: fix some quotation mark pairings/nestings, etc.
Change four instances of Bullot to Bullott.
[Chapter V]
Change “he is an American, born in Drayton, Ohio” to Dayton.
[Chapter XXVI]
“that her father was Lieff Stone” to Leiff.
[Chapter XLI]
“She noded vigorously” to nodded.
[Chapter XLIII]
“the purser himself sleeps in a berch which covers the door” to berth.
[Chapter XLV]
“to comply with the wishes of the District Atney” to Attorney.
[Chapter XLVII]
“On the the opposite side was the door which opened into” delete the redundant the.
[Chapter XLVIII]
“if we keep these pistol until we reach port” to pistols.
[Chapter LVIII]
“The Sussex was running on a parallel course, edging closer” italicize Sussex.
“They had long since left the Thomas Island astern” to Inland.
[Chapter LIX]
“You can practcially shake yourself free when you feel like it” to practically.
“he had stripped the moustache from his lips” to lip.
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