Illustrations have been moved next to the text which they illustrate.

The following apparent mistakes have been corrected:

• p. xvi "parodoxical" changed to "paradoxical"
• p. 35 "haves hown" changed to "have shown"
• p. 46 "which I I am" changed to "which I am"
• p. 51 "which they resemble." changed to "which they resemble.[19]"
• p. 56 (note) "172-80" changed to "172-80."
• p. 62 (note) "DC." changed to "D.C."
• p. 76 "glaves" changed to "glaives"
• Plate XVI. "AUSTRALIAN SHIELDS" changed to "AUSTRALIAN SHIELDS."
• p. 158 "Pescheira" changed to "Peschiera"
• p. 172 "the Caucasus:" changed to "the Caucasus;"
• p. 186 (note) "The former" changed to "The latter"
• p. 198 "mats’." changed to "mats.’"
• p. 198 "persons’." changed to "persons.’"
• p. 214 "Bagdad" changed to "Baghdad"

The following possible mistakes have been left as printed:

• p. 31 use it.
• p. 72 (1846), vol. ii. 1. p.

The following are used inconsistently in the text:

• blowpipe and blow-pipe
• Butan and Bootan
• cocoa-nut and coco-nut
• firearms and fire-arms
• gipsies and Gipsies
• pl. and Pl.
• sheepskin and sheep-skin
• shipbuilding and ship-building
• wickerwork and wicker-work

Inconsistent punctuation in plates XV and XVI has been retained.