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| I, 65 | . | [Deleted] | 1 |
| II | Svastica | Swastika | 2 |
| IV, 52, 75, 82, 95, 143, 151, 153 | [Not in source] | . | 1 |
| 3 | Britanny | Brittany | 2 |
| 8, 135 | doggrel | doggerel | 1 |
| 17 | speady | speedy | 1 |
| 18 | confaircation | confarreation | 2 |
| 18 | Bridgegroom | Bridegroom | 1 |
| 19 | an | [Deleted] | 3 |
| 19 | belief | believe | 2 |
| 20, 32, 99 | [Not in source] | ” | 1 |
| 22 | noir | noire | 1 |
| 23, 32, 92, 98, 140 | “ | ‘ | 1 |
| 25, 104, 128, 153 | [Not in source] | “ | 1 |
| 25, 36, 38, 83, 118 | .) | ). | 2 |
| 27 | moons | moon’s | 1 |
| 29, 30, 47, 50, 51, 63, 72, 119, 119, 135, 137, 147, 151, iii, iv, vi, vii | [Not in source] | , | 1 |
| 29 | , | . | 1 |
| 30, 30, 38, 95 | , | [Deleted] | 1 |
| 32 | ‘ | “ | 1 |
| 34, 63 | [Not in source] | p. | 3 |
| 42 | Ho | He | 1 |
| 43, 112 | resumé | résumé | 1 / 0 |
| 44 | Tori i | Torii | 1 |
| 44 | remark able | remarkable | 1 |
| 47 | these | those | 1 |
| 49 | four eyed | four-eyed | 1 |
| 49 | svastika | swastika | 1 |
| 51 | gramincus | gramineus | 1 |
| 51 | artemesia | artemisia | 1 |
| 58 | and and | and | 4 |
| 58 | abovementioned | above-mentioned | 1 |
| 59 | [Not in source] | ( | 1 |
| 62 | ku tu | ku-tu | 1 |
| 62 | Virgilianœ | Virgilianæ | 1 |
| 66 | Feng-shui | Fêng-shui | 1 / 0 |
| 68, 96 | it | its | 1 |
| 82 | withcraft | witchcraft | 1 |
| 86 | Budhist | Buddhist | 1 |
| 86 | the | she | 1 |
| 89 | out out | out | 4 |
| 91 | honoursit | honours it | 1 |
| 92 | dreamt | dream | 1 |
| 92 | he | be | 1 |
| 92, 98, 140 | ” | ’ | 1 |
| 95 | Massachussets | Massachusetts | 2 |
| 101 | leasts | least | 1 |
| 102 | Appollo | Apollo | 1 |
| 103 | Cyclopœdia | Cyclopædia | 1 |
| 104 | sepent | serpent | 1 |
| 111 | eight | eighth | 1 |
| 111 | whith | which | 1 |
| 113 | viction | victim | 2 |
| 116, 116 | phenomona | phenomena | 1 |
| 119 | Kubern | Kubera | 1 |
| 120 | neigbourhood | neighbourhood | 1 |
| 123 | superstitutions | superstitions | 2 |
| 123 | conflagation | conflagration | 1 |
| 124 | passa ge | passage | 1 |
| 125 | supersitious | superstitious | 1 |
| 125 | ( | [Deleted] | 1 |
| 125 | ) | ,” | 2 |
| 126 | Wu | Wú | 1 / 0 |
| 126 | incribed | inscribed | 1 |
| 130 | breath | breadth | 1 |
| 130 | Suleyman | Suleymán | 1 / 0 |
| 131 | devil’s | devils’ | 2 |
| 132 | Pei Tu | Pei-tu | 2 |
| 132 | connect | connected | 2 |
| 132 | analagous | analogous | 1 |
| 133 | summarised | summarized | 1 |
| 134 | aud | and | 1 |
| 135 | fragant | fragrant | 1 |
| 135 | anti-chamber | ante-chamber | 1 |
| 135 | Ill | I’ll | 1 |
| 137 | 𮤖 | 閼 | 1 |
| 137 | beleagured | beleaguered | 1 |
| 137 | Kœmpfer | Kæmpfer | 1 |
| 140 | Lew Chewan | Lewchewan | 2 |
| 140 | Ming-ling-tzü | Ming-ling-tzŭ | 1 / 0 |
| 142 | stepmother | step-mother | 1 |
| 144 | Phillippines | Philippines | 1 |
| 145 | hairlooms | heirlooms | 1 |
| 147 | no | on | 2 |
| 147 | . | , | 1 |
| 150 | kind ness | kindness | 1 |
| 152 | Chiua | China | 1 |
| 153 | jen | jén | 1 / 0 |
| ii | Cambojan | Cambodian | 2 |
| iii | Folklore | Folk-lore | 1 |
| iv | Măn | Man | 1 / 0 |
| vi | Svastika | Swastika | 1 |