

TO 



SIR THOMAS DICK LAUDER 



OF FOUNTAINHALL, BART. 



FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, 



MEftlBER OF THE ANTIQUARIAN ANT) VVERNERIAN SOCIETIES, 



ETC. ETC. ETC. 



THE FOLLOWING WORK IS INSCRIBED, AS A MARK OF RESPECT, 



FOR HIS SCIENTIFIC ZEAL AND ACQUIREIklENTS, 



BY HIS OBEDIENT FRIEND AND SERVANT, 



THE AUTHOR. 



Edinburgh, May, 1833. 



