This volume is a reprint of Adair’s original text. The editorhad preserved the page numbers in the form of bracketed numbers.Those page breaks frequently were interpolated in mid-word. Inthis rendering of the text, those page numbers are moved slightlyto allow each word to complete without hyphenation.

The Adair’s fifty-six footnotes, originally employing ‘*’and ‘†’, have been reindexed sequentially using Roman numerals.As the editor informs us in his Preface, some of these notes wereextended by him. Adair’s portion is followed by ‘(A)’, for Adair,and his own extended remarks are followed by ‘(W)’, for ‘Williams.’

The editor’s own footnotes were already numbered sequentially fromthe first to the last page, beginning again at ‘1’ after the Introduction.This approach has been retained.

Adair’s footnotes have been moved to follow the paragraphs in which theyare referenced. The editor’s notes are gathered at the end of thetext, following the Index, and are linked for ease of reference.

Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Pleasesee the transcriber’s note at the end of this textfor details regarding the handling of any textual issues encounteredduring its preparation.

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