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Transcriber's note:
Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
On page 30, text appears to be missing from the phrase: "the ridge continues in a * direction".
On page 342, 12th of May is probably a typo for 12th of June.
On page 393, the phrase "was finely seen" should perhaps be "was finally seen".