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sa.V PREFACE. 



of the bad usages which it was desired should be over- 

 thrown. 



In conclusion, the getting up of the work bespeaks the 

 care bestowed upon the volume by the publishers, to whom 

 the author offers his most fervent acknowledgments. Nor 

 can the writer bid adieu to his patrons without directing 

 attention to the talent exhibited by the numerous artists 

 and engravers whose labors adorn the pages of the present 

 publication. 



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