Hyphens appearing in compound words on a line or page break are
retained or removed based on the preponderance of instances of the
word elsewhere in the text.
On occasion, tabular data which spanned pages repeated some
headings. These repetitive lines are moot in this format, and have
been removed.
On p. 231, the footnote number, now n222, was missing from the note,
and has been restored.
There is a minor inconsistency in placing a space before the
abbreviation ‘lbs.’ In the several places that the space lacking,
one has been added.
The list of Illustrations and the text refer to Plates XVI. and
XVII., which will appear in the 2nd volume of this work.
Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected,
and are noted here. The corrections below refer to page and line in
the original printed text. The prefix ‘n’ refers to the note number
as it is numbered in this text.
4.17 artificers were, with few exceptions[,] Added.
dismissed;
43.3 Recruiting[,] reinforcements Removed.
135.22 on board the ‘Ajax’[:/,] Replaced.
137.19 in the [dgerms] which contained the field a large
equipment high-pooped
Nile boat
159.3 reached the sum of 45,500_l_[,/.] Replaced.
179.10 present at the second s[ei/ie]ge of that Transposed.
fortress
n203.1 Jones’s ‘Sieges,[’] ii., p. 107, 2nd edit. Added.
215.13 commanding them in divi[vis/si]ons Replaced.
227.14 on his way from Sandwich to Michili[ Replaced.
M/m]achinac
235.1 to recommend the officers [u/a]nd men Replaced.
247.38 embraced th[e] abolition of the rank Restored.
n274.1 ‘Graham’s Town Journal,[’] Added.
n284.14 He became forema[d/n] of works in November, Replaced
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