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Transcriber's note:
As much of the book contains material quoted from other sources,
inconsistent hyphenation and spelling is preserved as printed.
The Table of Contents has been created by the transcriber for the
convenience of the reader.
Punctuation errors have been corrected.
The following changes have been made:
Page 61--moed amended to mode--... in every tolerable mode of
marine architecture, ...
Page 63--short amended to sort--... and for becoming a sort of
"shore" to the pretty young lady ...
Page 66--readeir amended to reader--... as the reader will admit
when he has perused ...
Page 79--unastisfactory amended to unsatisfactory--... is not
likely to rest at its present unsatisfactory point.