mean fight, do ye?")
Page 49: Removed accent from "e" ('_=Bueno=!_' There's more
fish in the sea--and under it too!)
Page 85: Changed from single quote (="But= the best of the
joke was, the moment he spoke)
Page 86: Added accent (In the centre arose a huge =epergne=
of silver, fashioned into the shape of a drooping
palm-tree)
Page 92: Added tilde ("And the =senorita's= too, I
think,")
Page 136: Removed dash from =money--you= (I wouldn't remain
another hour in this filthy hole for all the =money you=
have cheated me out of, you old rascal.)
Page 166: =hirtling= changed to =hurtling= (No more pauses
or lulls now in the =hurtling= tempest)
Page 185: =epaulettes= standardized to =epaulets= (in
cocked hat, full-dress coat, a pair of gleaming =epaulets=,
sword by his hip, and his nether limbs cased in white
knee-breeches)
Page 205: Added quote (="Well=, gentlemen, for some weeks
after these occurrences we sailed about the islands)
Page 205: =Mosquito= standardized to =Musquito= (The orders
were to beat up the south side of Cuba, where we expected to
fall in with the =Musquito= fleet and some English vessels)
Page 225: =is= changed to =its= (A minute later, all that
was left of the shattered hull fell broadside into the open
fangs of the ledge, which ground it with =its= merciless
jaws into toothpicks.)
Page 252: Removed repeated "at all" (he didn't like his
looks =at all=, though he did make himself so fascinating to
the beautiful widow who sat next him)
Page 261: =believeing= changed to =believing= (as there is
much reason for =believing= he did--with great disgust, on
board the dirty, dumpy old ballahoo)
Page 284: =tholl-pins= changed to =thole-pins= (The sweeps
paused, the hide gromets resting on the =thole-pins=, and
the water raining from their broad blades.)
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