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dence from imprinted materials in Chapter II, 

 having made professional searches (to instructions, 

 in particular records), on divers matters ; refer- 

 ences to these are given in their place, so that 

 they can easily be tested for general accuracy ; 

 this the writer (who is responsible for the remain- 

 ing extracts, etc., from records and works of 

 authority) does not doubt. 



Wardrew House, 

 Gilsland, 



Oct. 22, 1900. 



