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Page iii, line 11, for "dearer," read "clearer."

" 44, " 34, " "Atuxsia," " "Atauxia."

" 73, " 19, " "albejas," " "mussels."

" 96, " 13, " "laced," " "placed."

" 159, " 8, " "antoridade," " "autoridade."

" 200, " 7, " "they burn," " "they burn it."

" 232, " 10, " "et d'aller," " "est d'aller."

Note to pp. 228–229.—See pages 249–251 of The Travels of Ludovico de Varthema, Hakluyt Society, and notes, also Mr. R. Major's able Introduction to the Early Voyages to Terra Australis, now called Australia. This passage, written about five years later than when Varthema wrote, is a fuller statement than Varthema's: and taking the two together, there can be little doubt that the information they contain was based on actual knowledge of Australia.