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Transcriber's Note:

This book contains a large number of characters with a macron
(straight line) over them. These have been rendered in this version as
[=x] (where x is the letter). There are also a few OE ligatures, which
are rendered as [OE].

Minor typographical errors (omitted punctuation, omitted or transposed
letters, etc.) have been amended without note. Use of hyphenation and
accents have also been made consistent without note, where there was a
definite preference of one variation over the other.

The following amendments have also been made (the errors in the index
being amended with reference to the main text):

Page viii--41 amended to 40--"... Unsuccessful siege of Buj[=e]ya,
40 ..."

Page 72--Tinn[=e]s amended to Tinnis--"... Damietta, Alexandria,
Tinnis, and Cairo ..."

Page 83--Viz[=i]r amended to Vez[=i]r--"The Grand Vez[=i]r
Ibrah[=i]m recognized ..."

Page 133--a closing quote immediately before footnote reference
[40] has been deleted. The text immediately preceding this quote
mark does not occur in the referenced work, so I have made the
assumption that this quote mark was a typographical error and
deleted it.

Page 175--battaille amended to bataille--"... the centre _corps
de bataille_ ..."

Page 222, footnote--less amended to lest--"... the hold lest it
should interfere ..."

Page 230--absoluting amended to absolutely--"... and absolutely
prohibiting all trade ..."

Page 233--cruize amended to cruise--"... and cruise across the
Egyptian trade route ..."

Page 242, second footnote--Olive amended to Oliver--"second ed.,