TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 



CHARLES, 



BARON FARNBOROUGH, 



KMGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE BATH, A MEMBER OF HIS MAJESTl's 



MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL, AND ONE OF THE TRUSTEES 



OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM,, 



THE FOLLOWING TREATISE, 



BY HIS PERMISSION, 



IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, 



BY HIS LORDSHIP'S OBLIGED AND OBEDIENT SERVANT, 



THE AUTHOR. 



VOL. I. 



