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Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced quotation marks retained.

Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained; occurrences of inconsistent hyphenation have not been changed.

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Illustrations and Sidenotes have been positioned between paragraphs in this eBook. Consequently, the page references in the List of Illustrations do not always match the placement in this eBook, and some of the Sidenotes refer to material towards the middle or end of the paragraphs next to them.

Page 55: “feed on young cocoanuts” was printed with the “a”.