﻿TO 



ALEXANDER HENRY HALIDAY, Esq., M.A., &c., 



OF BELFAST, 



WHOSE EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE 



AND MUNIFICENT CONTRIBUTIONS 



HAVE SO GREATLY ENRICHED THIS WORK, 



AND WHOSE KINDNESS AND FRIENDSHIP IN ITS PROGRESS 



HAVE BEEN AN UNINTERRUPTED SOURCE 



OF GRATIFICATION 



TO THE AUTHOR, 

 THIS VOLUME 



IS DEDICATED AS A TOKEN OF SINCERE REGARD. 



London, December 1, 1837. 



