vi DEDICATION. 



as thefe volumes, but the fole confideration 

 that they are not foreign to the ftation in 

 which your goodnefs has condefcended to 

 place me \ and that they treat of an Art^ 

 which glories in being one of the favourite 

 amufements of your leifure hours. 



Animated by thefe motives, I dared to 

 form the ambitious wilh of laying my labours 

 at your Majesty's feet , and moft humbly 

 to folicit the fame gracious favour and pro- 

 te£l:ion which your Majesty loves to extend 

 to every well-meant endeavour, and with 

 which you have been pleafed to benefit and 



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