DEDICATION. vii 



humble task, nothing ought to be said by me, further than 

 that I have aimed to give a transcript of the author's perform- 

 ance, and not to substitute one of my own under his name and 

 authority. 



There are some slight errors which I shall not point out, 

 because I presume every reader of such a work is as com- 

 petent as I am to correct them: I have no excuse to oiler to 

 those who may detect them, except that the proofs have been 

 read with much attention, and a desire to attain a great degree 

 of correctness. 



You, I hope, sir, who know how much of my time is absorb- 

 ed in the business of my profession, will have the goodness to 

 overlook all such minor faults of the translation as might na- 

 turally occur, mider the circumstances in which I am placed, 

 and accept it, and with it the assurance of my profound re- 

 spect. 



CH. D. MEIGS. 



Jan. 28/A, 1831. 



