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Transcriber's NotesFactual errors were noted as follows:Page273: Reference to "Minneapolis" instead of "Annapolis" (The United States Naval Academy at Minneapolis ...)Changes to the text are listed as follows:Title page: added comma after "C. M. PITMAN" ( ... C. M. PITMAN, W. E. CRUM,ANDE. G. BLACKMORE)Pagexii: added missing line in the List of Illustrations (Lent races in the Plough Reach[Facing page] 200)Page65: added missing number and open quotes where start of paragraph is missing in the text ([(4) "...] Watch the bodies in front of you as they move, ...)Plate "Henley Regatta" originally facing page 157: changed "Heart fo" to "Heat for" (A Heat for the Diamonds.)Page258: changed "Warnambool" to "Warrnambool" (Important meetings are also held at Ballarat, Geelong, Warrnambool, Bairnsdale, ...)Page339: changed "captain's" to "captains'" ( ... at the first captains' meeting ...)
Factual errors were noted as follows:
Page273: Reference to "Minneapolis" instead of "Annapolis" (The United States Naval Academy at Minneapolis ...)
Changes to the text are listed as follows:
Title page: added comma after "C. M. PITMAN" ( ... C. M. PITMAN, W. E. CRUM,ANDE. G. BLACKMORE)
Pagexii: added missing line in the List of Illustrations (Lent races in the Plough Reach[Facing page] 200)
Page65: added missing number and open quotes where start of paragraph is missing in the text ([(4) "...] Watch the bodies in front of you as they move, ...)
Plate "Henley Regatta" originally facing page 157: changed "Heart fo" to "Heat for" (A Heat for the Diamonds.)
Page258: changed "Warnambool" to "Warrnambool" (Important meetings are also held at Ballarat, Geelong, Warrnambool, Bairnsdale, ...)
Page339: changed "captain's" to "captains'" ( ... at the first captains' meeting ...)