This ebook follows the text of the original printed work, except as
mentioned below. Inconsistencies (spelling, œ/oe/ö, diacritics,
hyphenation, capitalisation, compound words, single/double l, etc.)
have been retained.
Various pages: German (nick)names ending in -man: the original
spelling has been retained (e.g., Beckman is usually spelled Beckmann
(Johann Gottlieb, 1700-1777 and Johann, 1739-1811)).
Page 36. “its removal theft”: as printed in the original work.
Page 63, Mitfasten (Easter): Mitfasten is not Easter, but half-lent.
Page 134: (Reuss, Wimmenauer, etc.): there seems to be no reason for
the parentheses.
Page 244, “translated at the instance of”: as printed in the original
work; possibly an error for another word (instigation?).
Page 442, “utilized above”: as printed in the original work, this
appears to refer to the first two paragraphs only (“The modernization
... other sea industries.”)
Page 476: closing quote mark missing, this should possibly be inserted
after “lands planted to trees”
Index: not all entries are in alphabetical order; this has not been
changed.
Changes made to the text:
Several chapters have a list of literature at the bottom of the first
page. This list has been moved to directly below the chapter header.
Minor obvious typographical and punctuation errors (including French
and German diacritics) have been corrected silently.
Various pages: chaussé changed to chaussée; Forst und Jagd... and
Forst-und Jagd... changed to Forst- und Jagd...; Bremontier changed to
Brémontier; v. Kropf changed to v. Kropff; B. C. changed to B.C.