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Transcriber’s note
In this version of the text, the STRATA column of the frontispiece is
an illustration of what the layers of the strata looked like during
that time.
Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Spelling has
been retained as published. Also, the minor errors on the ad pages have
been retained. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.
In Footnote 21 the text: “No. 3, pp. 40-24.” was corrected to “No. 3,
pp. 40-42.”
The following printer errors have been changed.
=CHANGED FROM TO=
Page 42: “constellation of Cassiopea” “constellation of Cassiopeia”
Page 182: “agreeeable for food” “agreeable for food”
Page 323: “somwhat limited and” “somewhat limited and”
Page 346: “where-ever it chooses;” “wherever it chooses;”