XVI LIFE OF THE AUTHOR. 



sonal history, however, is of little importance to 

 the world. It will furnish no diversified scenes 

 of fortune, nor relate many circumstances of 

 myself, worth remembering. Yet I feel the 

 fond ambition of an Author, and am willing to 



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hope, that those who have read my book with 

 approbation, will be glad to know something 

 further concerning me; 



For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, &c. 



For the satisfaction then of such kind readers (if 

 such there are) and the information of my poste- 

 rity, I have drawn up this paper, which I desire 

 my Bookseller to prefix to the next Edition of 

 my History of the West Indies. 



B. E. 



