VI DEDICATION. 



US back in safety, from that remote hemi- 

 sphere, to our native land. 



This undertaking, therefore, which is, per- 

 haps, not without importance in the history 

 of the Bavarian nation, owes its origin and 

 its success to Your Majesty ; and whatever 

 advantages the sciences may derive from it, 

 must be solely ascribed to the magnanimity 

 and favour of a monarch, who, considering 

 science as the highest ornament of humanity, 

 founds upon it, by means of the wisest 

 institutions, the happiness of his people. 



Penetrated with feelings of the most pro- 

 found gratitude, we, therefore, venture to 

 approach Your Majesty's throne, and most 

 respectfully to offer to the best of kings the 

 first fruits of our mission. 



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Encouraged by Your Majesty's most gra- 

 cious assurance, that, in the performance 

 of our undertaking, we have fulfilled Your 



