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| Transcriber's notes utf-8 |

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| Footnotes have been moved to directly under the paragraph they refer|

| to in the text version. |

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| Text printed in italics in the original is represented here between |

| underscores, as in _text_. |

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| Text printed in small capitals in the original work has been |

| changed to ALL CAPITALS. |

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| Spelling has been made consistent throughout but kept to author's |

| original format except where noted below. |

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| Page 17 our births that changed to our berths that |

| Page 22 crimsom changed to crimson |

| Page 24 heaving birth; changed to heaving berth; |

| Page 40 New-York replaces New York |

| Page 66 ever attained replaces every attained |

| Page 88 house-top, changed to housetop, |

| Page 89 . replaces, - miles an hour, becomes miles an hour. |

| Page 93 their strength replaces their strengh |

| Page 96 extremely had changed to extremely hard |

| Page 139 FIRST SIGHT OF SLAVERY . added |

| Page 139 DANTE . added |

| Page 155 postmaster replaces portmaster |

| Page 164 Napolean changed to Napoleon |

| Page 199 eagerly replaces eargerly |

| Page 217 B.'s Folly.. - . removed |

| Page 223 CITY LIFE IN THE SOUTH . added |

| Page 241 slave-trade, changed to slavetrade, |

| Page 251 in the ferry-boat, changed to in the ferryboat, |

| Page 252 when he slopped changed to when he stopped |

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