  TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the book. The Appendix had several passages marked with a vertical bar in the margin, indicating that the passages so marked were omitted from the published dispatches in 1900. In this etext these passages are enclosed in double parentheses {{ ... }} with a light gray background color. The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. Portrait of Sir Charles Warren From a photograph by A. Bassano Signature of Sir Charles Warren SIR CHARLES WARREN |
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