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Transcriber’s Note

Errors in the text have been corrected where they are reasonably attributable to the printer or editor, or where the same word appears as expected elsewhere. Where the issue can be attributed to the idiosynchronies of the author or the era, the text as printed has been retained. Punctuation is frequently missing at the end of sentences and especially paragraphs, and has been supplied here. The use of quotation marks is also erratic at times, and where the voices can be followed, they have been disambiguated.

Corrections made to the text appear underlined as corrected text. The original text appears when the mouse hovers on the underlined word or phrase. The details of each correction are noted below.

p. 34 Khan Sa[b/h]ib Corrected.
p. 36 anxiety.[’] Removed.
  [‘]They will Removed
p. 37 [‘]he will kill Removed.
p. 41 cooked for his zenana[,/,] Corrected.
p. 44 rushed forth in a tumult[u]ous manner Added.
p. 47 we can fight as well as sleep.[’] Added.
p. 61 Nor was Mrs. Compton su[r]prised> to hear Added.
  other tha[t/n] the ordinary dangers of life. Corrected.
p. 71 have such an opportunity[’]. Added.
p. 73 [‘]what can be done? Added.
p. 80 but daily records of hi[s] thoughts, Added.
p. 88 ‘Then we shall have a deligh[t]ful evening, Added.
p. 100 or at any[ ]rate hard words. Added.
  ‘And what wouldst thou know about me, O base-born![’] Added.
p. 101 of villa[i]ny often successful, Added.
p. 131 at any[ ]rate, you Added.
p. 136 their ensuing service[.] Added.
p. 138 [‘]I will not disturb you, Added.
p. 149 [“\‘]Wait for the word—Fire! Corrected.
p. 165 as let it go to the enemy.[”/’] Corrected.
p. 170 my horses’ expenditure! what—[”/’] Corrected
p. 171 so that the i[m/n]mates could look out Corrected.
p. 185 his admiration at the [r]are skill Added.
p. 197 ‘Kasim Ali[./,]’ said the Sultaun[./,] ‘had one of these Corrected.
p. 214 striving to recal[l] the past Added.
  genuflexions prescribed by their belief[.] Added.
p. 218 is thy doom[,/.] Choose then—in this Added.
  may meet again[,/.] Corrected.
p. 221 in the Beechwood groves and round the Hermitage[,/.] He Corrected.
p. 228 a field with a few single t[er/re]es, Transposed
p. 244 The S[a/u]ltaun’s message Corrected.
p. 249 distance could be seen disti[cn/nc]tly—in some places Transposed.
p. 274 and the whole body hurried on[./,] Corrected.
p. 276 of a battalion of infant[r]y Added.
p. 285 [th ers/others] wheeled and screamed Corrected.
  [oth/the] obscene birds, Corrected.
p. 301 ‘I will, Khanum, I will,’ cried the woman; [‘]I will Added.
p. 305 was before him[.] Added.
p. 307 he revelled in all the opportun[it]ies> Added.
p. 311 and he passed on to the [appartment] of those Sic.
p. 312 ‘[’]Tis the worse for thee, Added.
  and no one else dares to—[”/’] Corrected.
p. 315 sharply for our att[t]ack upon Travancore; Added.
p. 320 despoiled me of money—[villified] my character; Sic.
  forgott[o/e]n me then, Jaffar?’ Corrected.
  the light [boddice] which enclosed it, Sic.
p. 341 got up and followed him[,/.] Soon these sent Corrected.
p. 356 said Philip; [‘]we must remove them.’ Added.
p. 359 [‘]but sit and speak to me Added.
p. 360 the distress of the army increased[.] Added.
p. 389 that she hath not seen this,[’] she said; Added.
p. 405 A surgeon, a friend of the officer, was sent for[,]; Kasim’s leg was Removed.
p. 407 Could this be thy brother?[’] Added.
  ‘It is! it is![’] cried Philip, Added.
p. 408 it may not be your friend.[’] Added.
p. 421 having ar[r]ived at Mangalore, Added.
p. 428 would inspire with a compas[s]ion Added.
p. 437 [‘]we have hope Added.
p. 440 ‘Stay![’] he cried, Added.