Transcriber’s noteErrors in punctuation have been corrected without note. The footnotes have been placed directly after the chapter they belong to. Missing punctuation of the poem in footnote 6 was found on the internet. Some words were hard to read but could be guessed from the context. Entirely missing words were filled in and mentioned in the list underneath. Also the following changes were made, on pagevii “nöt” changed to “not” (the author did not actually visit)xiii pagenumber “xii” changed to “xiii”27 “that” changed to “than” (far more sparsely populated than)29 “Thoughout” changed to “Throughout” (Throughout the country)31 “scarely” changed to “scarcely” (I can scarcely believe)51 “Morover” changed to “Moreover” (Moreover, the Indians)83 “Gorgetown” changed to “Georgetown” (do not alarm our friends in Georgetown)95 “o” changed to “of” (some kind of)126 missing word guessed “to” (repay you to some measure)202 “mysel” changed to “myself” (For myself I do not wonder)381 “entertaintment” changed to “entertainment” (for my especial entertainment).Otherwise the original has been preserved, including inconsistent spelling and hyphenation.
Transcriber’s note
Errors in punctuation have been corrected without note. The footnotes have been placed directly after the chapter they belong to. Missing punctuation of the poem in footnote 6 was found on the internet. Some words were hard to read but could be guessed from the context. Entirely missing words were filled in and mentioned in the list underneath. Also the following changes were made, on pagevii “nöt” changed to “not” (the author did not actually visit)xiii pagenumber “xii” changed to “xiii”27 “that” changed to “than” (far more sparsely populated than)29 “Thoughout” changed to “Throughout” (Throughout the country)31 “scarely” changed to “scarcely” (I can scarcely believe)51 “Morover” changed to “Moreover” (Moreover, the Indians)83 “Gorgetown” changed to “Georgetown” (do not alarm our friends in Georgetown)95 “o” changed to “of” (some kind of)126 missing word guessed “to” (repay you to some measure)202 “mysel” changed to “myself” (For myself I do not wonder)381 “entertaintment” changed to “entertainment” (for my especial entertainment).
Otherwise the original has been preserved, including inconsistent spelling and hyphenation.