TO 



A. C. MAYBURY, ESQ., D.Sc. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., P.G.S., 



ABBOCIATE OF THB KOTA.L SCHOOL OF UlNBB ; 



AUTHOB OF "THB BIUDBNT's CBXU18TBY," AND TBAKSLATOB OF 



" OTIB'S UBTAUOBFBOBBB," " IBIBIIA," BTC, 



(WHOSB UABTEBLT AND BLOQCBNT DISCOUBSBS, QIFTED XA1.ENIB, 



AND VABIBD ACCOUPUBHUBirTB AUB WBLL KHOWIT XO HANT FBIBIVDB 



AHD BCCDBHTS OF SCIBHCB, UBDIOIHB, AHD LIIBBATCBB) 



THIS WORK JS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED 



BY HIS SINOBEB FRIEND, 



THE AUTHOR. 



