To CAPTAIN RICHARD F. BURTON, 



Her Majesty's Consul far Trieste, 

 &>*c. &>c. &c. 



My Dear Colleague, 



As the execution of this work — or Report, as I shall 

 call it — is due to your conception, encourageme?tt, and, in a main degree, 

 to your patient advice to a ?iovice, in an art in which you excel, I venture 

 to hope you will accept its dedication as a slight tribute of my high 

 regard and personal devotion. 



Your grateful friend and admirer, 



G. L. FABER. 



Fiume, September 30, 1882. 



