TO 
H. H. RISLEY, Ese., C.1-E., 
Officier @ Académie. 
My DEAR RIsuey, 
Wherever my search for the plants of Bengal has led 
me, I have found myself following your footsteps in the study 
of the folks that dwell in the Lower Provinces and live in the 
pages of the Tribes and Castes of Bengal. 
Will you, then, accept this work as a mark of my appre- 
ciation of yours, and a token of my warm regard? 
Yours very sincerely, 
D. PRAIN. 
