Transcriber’s Notes
Cover created by Transcriber and placed in the Public Domain.
Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.
Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced quotation marks retained.
Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.
Some ditto marks have been replaced by the actual text.
Page 83: In the illustration, “O” should be “C”.
Page 171: There is no obvious closing quotation mark to match the opening mark at “of most unusual age and thickness”.
Page 192: “Divided even between the ocean” may be a misprint for “evenly”.
Page 197: No matching closing quotation mark for the opening mark at “the small bright spot”.
Page 222: Transcriber added an opening quotation mark at “Down his back” to match the closing mark after “He was seen by every one on board.”
Page 230: No matching closing quotation mark for the opening mark at “a whale of large size”.
Page 302: Transcriber added an opening quotation mark at “About fifty years ago” to match the closing mark after “fed himself with the other.”
Page 372: No matching opening quotation mark for the closing mark after “its lower extremity.”
Page 385: No matching closing quotation mark for the opening mark at “sweeps off from”.