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- # Original Transcriber’s Notes
## Overview
This entity is a textual section titled "Original Transcriber’s Notes" from an electronic edition of *Moby Dick; Or, The Whale* by Herman Melville. It appears as a prefatory note in the digital text, spanning lines 320 to 331 of the source file. The section explains the provenance and compilation process of the electronic text and is categorized as a metadata-bearing section within the novel’s structure.
## Context
The notes are part of [Moby Dick; Or, The Whale](arke:01KFNR81RMVAX2BBMMBW51V97D), a novel digitized and organized within the [Moby Dick](arke:01KFNR0H0Q791Y1SMZWEQ09FGV) collection. It directly follows the [Epilogue](arke:01KFNR82Z5CBX2Q533X4Q3E9DS) and precedes the [Etymology](arke:01KFNR8361MZ2T7A143MWZ9K4M) section, positioning it as a transitional element between the end of the narrative and the supplementary front matter in this particular digital edition. The transcription was assembled using automated and manual processes, as indicated by the editing metadata.
## Contents
The notes describe how this version of the text was created by combining electronic texts from two sources: the defunct ERIS project at Virginia Tech and Project Gutenberg’s archives. The transcribers acknowledge the University of Adelaide Library for preserving the Virginia Tech version. The resulting electronic text was verified against a public domain hard copy to ensure accuracy. The section serves as a record of the digital edition’s editorial lineage and collaborative preservation efforts.
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- Original Transcriber’s Notes:
This text is a combination of etexts, one from the now-defunct ERIS
project at Virginia Tech and one from Project Gutenberg’s archives. The
proofreaders of this version are indebted to The University of Adelaide
Library for preserving the Virginia Tech version. The resulting etext
was compared with a public domain hard copy version of the text.
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- Original Transcriber’s Notes