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Transcriber’s Notes:
Punctuation and spelling were changed only where the error appears
to be a printing error. Inconsistent hyphenation was retained
as there are numerous authors. The punctuation changes are too
numerous to list; the others are as follows:
“quanity” changed to “quantity” on page 323. (large quantity of
fagots)
“frugalit” changed to “frugality” on page 342. (health-giving
frugality)