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continuation from the year 1699 has not received as much 

 time and attention as I wished to bestow upon it, as I have 

 had to complete it rather hurriedly on account of my 

 havinjj been absent abroad for several months. 



ALICIA M. T. AMHERST. 



DiDLiNGTON Hall, Norfolk. 

 September, 1895. 



