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DEDICATORY EPISTLE

TO

THE REV. DR DRYASDUST, F. A. S.

Residing in the Casth-Gate, York.

Much Esteemed And Dear Sir,

It is scarce necessary to mention the various and concurring reasons which induce me to place your name at the head of the following work. Yet the chief of these reasons may perhaps be refuted by the imperfections of the performance. Could I have hoped to render it worthy of your patronage, the public would at once have seen the propriety of inscribing a work designed to illustrate

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