ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS 



TO THE SIXTH EDITION. 



Numerous small corrections have been made in the last 

 and present editions on various subjects, according as 

 the evidence has become somewhat stronger or weaker. 

 The more important corrections and some additions in 

 the present volume are tabulated on the following page, 

 for the convenience of those interested in the subject, 

 and who possess the fifth edition. The second edition 

 was little more than a reprint of the first. The third 

 edition was largely corrected and added to, and the 

 fourth and fifth still more largely. As copies of the 

 present work will be sent abroad, it may be of use if I 

 specify the state of the foreign editions. The third 

 French and second German editions were from the third 

 English, with some few of the additions given in the 

 fourth edition. A new fourth French edition has been 

 translated by Colonel Moulinie ; of which the first half 

 is from the fifth English, and the latter half from the 

 present edition. A third German edition, under the 

 superintendence of Professor Victor Cams, was from the 

 fourth English edition ; a fifth is now preparing by the 

 same author from the present volume. The second 

 American edition was from the English second, with a 



