[Dedication]

TO
SIR WILLIAM HILLARY, BART.

SIR,

May I take the liberty of dedicating this small work to you, as a small token of the estimation in which I hold the many great traits of your character; your philanthropy and benevolence, not less than your love and patronage of the Arts, and the liberal and enlightened policy of all your measures connected with the country you have honoured and adopted as your home.

THE AUTHOR