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, ,„ ,,,, English public, In 

 ON present... tins -^^^^^^^ ,:otwUl.sundu.g 

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:rrre ^bUcat-tonsaUeady extant ^^^^^^^^^ 



"°\,„tty-five ye-YI- 4;,tS by way of the 



fflv native country (/""7' •, to India, residing 

 Lvant, Egypt, A-bta-d Per.a,^^^^^^^^ ^^ 



several years in the P"")^^' ^^. ,, , penod wl-n 



gbantstan, Bokhara, »"^ J^^'^fi^;,,,,, to Europeans- 



?„ese countries were ^^^ UtU^^J^ .,, f,, satisfying uiy 



afforded me ample opportu ^^^^^^^^^ ,^„ ,e- 



ardent desires for reseacland^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ 



,q„aintance with some ^^^^.^,, of 



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place of science ,^ researches was cons.der- 



Theprosecutionofmy es ,^^^_^^ 



ably aided by my '"'l"^'"'' /sUch Court of Lahore, 

 lars, as Physician to ''- ^ « ^'^ .i.tory of the 



' TUose who take ----- ,^,t volume, many 

 - Punjab, may find, "'Y^ci and illustrations of 

 f '"'" ^Inrlst^r and tntrigues •. also, a 

 !Xils—Wrecent events. 



