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Transcriber Notes
Major section headers in the original text were treated as "Chapters". Each repeated section was formatted to replicate the printed version. All oe ligatures were converted to their component letters.
The Index shows a link for "Snow Buntings" on page 300. As the Volume ends with page 206, this typo was changed to page 181 which is where the last reference to Buntings appears.
Each advertisement page is separated by a line of equals symbols.