The following apparent errors have been corrected:

• p. 92 "they’d" changed to "They’d"
• p. 132 "hissing spluttering" changed to "hissing, spluttering"
• p. 139 "disappear" changed to "disappear."
• p. 154 "Do they live?”" changed to "“Do they live?”"
• p. 177 "Sherman" changed to "Sherman:"
• p. 192 "to me?”" changed to "to me?"
• p. 231 "channel" changed to "channel."
• p. 259 "soiltude" changed to "solitude"
• p. 279 "“Tut! tut!’" changed to "“Tut! tut!”"
• p. 287 "They’re" changed to "“They’re"
• p. 313 "pear-tears" changed to "pear-trees"
• p. 316 "sufferings and" changed to "sufferings; and"
• p. 360 "missis,”" changed to "missis,"

Punctuation and spelling have otherwise been kept as printed. In particular, the following are used inconsistently:

• athwartships and athwart-ships
• bedroom and bed-room
• foretopmast and fore-topmast
• hankerchief and handkerchief
• heartrending and heart-rending
• inboard and in-board
• quarterdeck and quarter-deck
• seafaring and sea-faring
• signboard and sign-board
• topsail and top-sail