TRANSCRIBER’S NOTEThe original Table of Contents was in two parts at the front and the back of the book. These have been joined in this etext.The one change in the ERRATA at the back of the book has been applied to the etext. The spelling of ‘Salum’ has been changed to ‘Sallum’ to be consistent with all other occurrences in the book.Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book.Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.Pg 30:‘and thus cooly’ replaced by ‘and thus coolly’.Pg 35:‘the conveniencies and’ replaced by ‘the conveniences and’.Pg 36:‘lands of Camarons’ replaced by ‘lands of Camaroons’.Pg 41:‘and Portugueze’ replaced by ‘and Portuguese’.Pg 42:‘sparmaceti whales’ replaced by ‘spermaceti whales’.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
The original Table of Contents was in two parts at the front and the back of the book. These have been joined in this etext.
The one change in the ERRATA at the back of the book has been applied to the etext. The spelling of ‘Salum’ has been changed to ‘Sallum’ to be consistent with all other occurrences in the book.
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
Pg 30:‘and thus cooly’ replaced by ‘and thus coolly’.Pg 35:‘the conveniencies and’ replaced by ‘the conveniences and’.Pg 36:‘lands of Camarons’ replaced by ‘lands of Camaroons’.Pg 41:‘and Portugueze’ replaced by ‘and Portuguese’.Pg 42:‘sparmaceti whales’ replaced by ‘spermaceti whales’.