Transcriber's Note:

Page 10: A period was added after the sentence ending with "in an open yard."

Page 35: "eZaland" changed to "Zealand"  (returning to New Zealand)

Page 53: "myall" changed to "Myall"  (he saw a lot of Myall)

Page 59: "blackboy" changed to "black boy"  (Knowing I had no black boy)

Page 73: "lfting" changed to "lifting"  (On lifting his head)

Page 107: Apostrophe added before "Frisco"  ('Frisco was en-fete)

Page 111: "evining" changed to "evening"  (At dark one evening)

Page 125: "povisions" changed to "provisions"  (strong piece of rope, provisions)

Page 129: A period was added after the sentence ending with "the House passed the bill."

Page 130: "sesssion" changed to "session"  (during the session)

Page 139: "he" changed to "the"  (the temperature)

All other spelling and punctuation inconsistencies have been retained.