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In the HTML version of this electronic edition, these have been placed as sidenotes adjacent to the relevant passages. The following typographical errors present in the original edition have been corrected. In the Table of Contents, "Tragedy appreciated" was changed to "Tragedy Appreciated", and a missing period was added after "XXVI". In Chapter II, a period was changed to a comma after "from the mouths of the Sulina, I gazed". In Chapter IV, "I ememployed this short time" was changed to "I employed this short time". In Chapter X, a comma was changed to a period after "continually wagging with an air of great importance". In Chapter XI, "only such persons are called rowzekhans" was changed to "only such persons are called rawzekhans". In Chapter XIV, a missing quotation mark was added after "from Kuhi Kaff." In Chapter XV, "living entirely in Persion fashion" was changed to "living entirely in Persian fashion", and a comma was changed to a period after "their extreme excitability and irritability". In Chapter XX, "for which are hearts had been longing" was changed to "for which our hearts had been longing". In Chapter XXI, "four days in the high plateau of Kaflandir" was changed to "four days in the high plateau of Kaflankir". In Chapter XXII, "altered appear ance" was changed to "altered appearance". In Chapter XXIV, a quotation mark was added after "the men we have selected for your travelling companions", "with what heavy hearts we looked foward to" was changed to "with what heavy hearts we looked forward to", and "Thy glorious ancester Timur" was changed to "Thy glorious ancestor Timur". In Chapter XXV, "to tread with these articles amongst the nomadic people" was changed to "to trade with these articles amongst the nomadic people". In Chapter XXVIII, "comtemplating the unnecessary danger" was changed to "contemplating the unnecessary danger". In Chapter XXIX, "the aspects of the city seems entirely changed" was changed to "the aspect of the city seems entirely changed". In Chapter XXXIII, "the last rays of the parting sun of my life approaches" was changed to "the last rays of the parting sun of my life approach". In the advertisement for The Story of Nations, a comma was changed to a period after "Head Master of Marlborough", a quotation mark was added after "the charm of romance", and a misplaced period was corrected after "as pleasurable as it is profitable". |
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