Except as described under Changes below, this e-text uses the
language used in the source document. Inconsistent spelling,
capitalisation, spacing and hyphenation, unusual, obsolete and
archaic language, etc. have been retained, also in proper,
geographical and ships’ names. Accents have not been added or
corrected. Differences in wording between the Lists of Illustrations
and the captions in the text have not been rectified.
Chapter numbering: in the first book chapters are numbered I through
XV (which has been corrected to XIV) in the Table of Contents, and
I through XIV in the text. The remainder of the chapters (including
those in the second book) are not numbered. This oddity has been
retained in this e-text.
Page numbering: this e-text uses prefixes I and II in the page numbers
for the first and second book.
Page I-203: But they ‘(the French)’ having covered ...: as printed
in the source document; possibly an error for But they” (the French)
“having covered ....
Page I-237, ... than deserving gentlemen sent out by the Admiralty.”:
either the closing quote mark is redundant, or the opening quote mark
is missing.
Page I-358, “Villeneuve, like others, ...: the closing quote mark is
missing.
Page II-62, “It was also asserted that the Guerrière’s powder was
bad; ...: the closing quote mark is missing.
Page II-251, “The Richmond waved to me ...: the closing quote mark is
missing.
Page II-397, Abbreviations: the abbreviations referring to the
engines do not occur in the table(s).
Page II-429, ... “though he must have been aware ...: the closing
quote mark is missing.