Part 12
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Transcribers note:
Some minor obvious typographical errors have been corrected without comment. Footnotes have been moved to underneath the paragraph they refer to so as to not disrupt the flow of the text.
Corrections made: (note: the letter "a" after the page number refers to the back advertisement pages after the main body of the book.)
Pg 100 "a whole ship's company to fee [replaced with "feed"]"
Pg 155 "was a pretty [inserted a comma here] old-fashioned flower-garden,"
Pg 23a (Back advertising section) "Mr. Hope has not gathered his stores [replaced with "stories"]"
Multiple versions of words not changed:
ferryman, ferry-man bedroom, bed-rooms