Obvious punctuation and spelling errors have been corrected.The following are as in the original:Major Russell and Major Russel are used interchangeably in the book.Page 4original: and the trick he has played off on the publick.Page 10its versus it's original: use, its just nobody's business. Big menPage 86(scroundrell's) original: old scroundrell's two big sons with us, and madePage 119flower is old english for flour original: man a cupfull of flower. With this, we thickenedPage 168bran-fire and branfire original: This is," said I, "a branfire new way of doing - clearly not hypenated in this line.The following changes have been made:Page 17original: bioagraphers, I should not only inform the publicreplacement: biographers, I should not only inform the publicPage 141original: and years all open, to catch every word I wouldreplacement: and ears all open, to catch every word I wouldPage 158original: where I stop'd to pull of my wet clothes, and putreplacement: where I stop'd to pull off my wet clothes, and putPage 230original: and mistatement with which we are beset,replacement: and misstatement with which we are beset,