Punctuation has been normalized without note.
Inconsistent and archaic spelling in the original document
have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have
been corrected.
Page 3: "adioning" changed to "adjoining" (and in the adjoining
regions).
Page 52, Footnote 3: "dergees" changed to "degrees" (Cape Negro is
in 16 degrees).
Page 67: "11/18" changed to "11/18ths" (not more than 11/18ths of
its length).
Page 151, Footnote 41: "pp." changed to "p." (From Müller's Archiv.,
1858, p. 453.)
Page 166: "kindgom" changed to "kingdom" (of the animal kingdom
which has been guessed at) and (with that of the animal kingdom).
Page 184: "order" changed to "orders" (Summing up all the orders of
animals).