PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE LONDON * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Obvious punctuation errors corrected. Illustrations were moved outside of paragraphs. Due to this movement, some of the original page numbers in the list of illustrations may not match the actual location. Many and varied were the hyphenations in this text due to the different stories. Examples are: cocoa-nuts and cocoanuts, and head-quarters and headquarters. These variations were retained. Page 12, "36 " was changed to "362" Page 12, the final illustrations page number was obscurred. The number was added. Page 21, "litttle" changed to "little" (or very little later) Page 30, "bele" changed to "belle" (France la belle) Page 54, "gainst" changed to "against" (led a sally against) Page 87, Footnote, "litt e" changed to "little" (a little fancy) Page 270, "Kinlock-moidart" changed to "Kinloch Moidart" to match rest of usage in text. (Macdonald of Kinloch Moidart) Page 272, "thec aves" changed to "the caves" (in the caves of) Page 298, the second digit in "29th" was presumed as the number was only faintly visible on the original. (the 29th of October)