TO 



CHARLES SEPTIMUS PEET, ESQ. 



OF KINGSTON, 

 WHOSE SKILL AND ENTHUSIASM IN 



ARE EXCEEDED ONLY BY THE KINDLINESS OF HIS 

 DISPOSITION 



AND THE HEARTINESS OF HIS HOSPITALITY, 

 THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED, 



BY ONE WHO HAS WITNESSED NUMEROUS PROOFS OF THE 

 FORMER, 



AND HAS PARTAKEN LARGELY OF THE LATTER. 



