Transcriber’s Note:Uncertain or antiquated spellings or ancient words were not corrected.The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs and so that they are next to the text they illustrate.Footnotes have been moved to the end of the text and hyper-linked.Errors in punctuation and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected.Typographical errors have been silently corrected but other variations in spelling and punctuation remain unaltered.The cover image was designed by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Transcriber’s Note:
Uncertain or antiquated spellings or ancient words were not corrected.
The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs and so that they are next to the text they illustrate.
Footnotes have been moved to the end of the text and hyper-linked.
Errors in punctuation and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected.
Typographical errors have been silently corrected but other variations in spelling and punctuation remain unaltered.
The cover image was designed by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.