This file uses _underscores_ to indicate italic text. New original cover
art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain. Itemized
changes from the original text:
• p. 274: Replaced “excpt” with “except” in phrase “is now hardly ever
used, except in compounds.”
• p. 277: Replaced “sized” with “size” in phrase “from the enlarged
size of the reptile’s belly.”
• p. 279: Added space between “the” and “story” in phrase “Such is the
story, told originally, we believe, by Voltaire.”