DEDICATION 



TO 



HIS MAJESTY. 



SIRE, 



Oke of the most mmbte 

 of your subjects, presumes to lay at your 

 feet, the History of New South Wales, and 

 your Majesty's Colony on that Island* 

 Tempted by that eminent. Philanthropy, 

 with which, your Majesty is so peculiarly en- 

 dowed, and the knowledge of which, in the 

 most distant parts of the World, has more 

 gloriously exalted your illustrious Name, 

 in the hearts of all good Men, than, even 

 your truly powerful Fleets and Armies, 

 have enrolled it in the History of Great 

 Sovereigns* 



If your Majesty should deign to look 

 on this Production, you will have the satis- 

 faction of finding, that the life you have 

 so well spent, in promoting the Comforts 

 and Happiness of the many Millions com- 



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