TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
Punctuation has been corrected without note.
Archaic and alternate spellings have been retained with the exception of those noted below:
page 50: "way" changed to "away" (to steal away his brains).
page 120: "wobbed" changed to "wobbled" (A head wobbled languidly here).
page 209: "millenium" changed to "millennium" (until the millennium).
page 280: "Skiper's" changed to "Skipper's" (the monotonous remark of the Skipper's).
page 357: "plantatations" changed to "plantations" (to ride among his sugar plantations)