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Transcriber's note:

Corrections to the Index have been made without note.

Significant changes to the text are listed below.

p. 21, 'Frazer' changed to _Fraser_.

p. 35, 'detroyed' changed to _destroyed_, 'Fictitious Capital and
False Credit destroyed.'

p. 37, '12th' changed to _15th_, 'Monday, the 15th of March.'

p. 85, 'On same night ...' changed to _On the same night ..._

p. 125, 'empanneled' changed to _empanelled_ (twice).

p. 155, 'Mr. Llewellynn Jewitt' changed to _Mr. Llewellyn Jewitt_.

p. 160, 'Dioletian' changed to _Diocletian_.

p. 271, 'Scolding-car' changed to _Scolding Cart_, 'Scolding
Cart is another name ...'

p. 294, 'described as a "a gag or brank ..."' changed to
_described as "a gag or brank ..."_

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