vi : PREFACE, 
Volumes published in 1820 and 1824, leaving out Dr. Wallich’s 
Notes and Additions, and then to complete the work as originally 
left in Manuscript by the Author. These then are briefly the rea- __ 
‘sons which induced the Publication of the “ Fiora” in its present _ = 
shape ; whether the public will have really cause to be dissatisfied, — 
is not for an individual to decide. The undersigned would mere- 
ly remark, that had the “ Firora Inp1ca” been published with 
Dr. Wallich’s Additions, the quantity of matter would undoubt- 
edly have been greatly increased, and so would the price of the 
Work. It now comprises in three Volumes the greater part of the be 
productions of Hindoostan, Bengal and the Dukshin, including the = 
Coasts, while with Dr. Wallich’s additions it would have also em- ;| 
braced those of Nepal and Ava, and some subsequent discoveries in ‘s 
Bengal and Hindoostan. The bulk and price of the work in. the 
latter case, would have pn been just alo ee “eg a 
sent is;—the Pub i ete -che rime merits 
ds of Wallich, among fobs the writer of this Pre- 
~ face would include himself, will not, it is presumed, be disposed to 
‘Tay much stress upon the circumstance of his labours having been 
unavailable in the present instance, as they are doubtless sensible 
that hi. - stensive Researches in the Territories of Ava and Nepal, 
are of themselves capable of furnishing ample materials for asepa- _ 
rate Publication. The undersigned desires in conclusion to take = 
this opportunity to convey to the Reverend Dr. Carey, the grate 
sense entertained by his brother Captain Bruce Roxburgh (who 
has recently embarked for Europe) and himself, of the ready kind- 
‘ness with which the editing of the “ Frora Inprca” was under-— 
taken, without which proof of his continued attachment to the me- 
mory of the Author, the result of his many years study and labour 
‘must have longer remained in oblivion. 
BF whic te 05 hee ye tis 
Ipecac Lyte ee 
eee tpsee es Stee, SM saa eb ya at hes Uh ea ta, AE Ae 
JAMES ROXBURGH. 
| Aids . 
7th Sept, 1832. f 
