TO 



HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY 



GEORGE THE FOURTH, 



KING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 



&c. &c. &c. 



Sire, 



That it has pleased your Majesty, as the 

 Patron and Protector of the Arts and Sciences, to honor with 

 distinguished notice this " Selection from the most remarkable 

 Fishes of Ceylon," is highly gratifying to my feelings ; and, after 

 having served your Majesty and my country twenty-two years in 

 civil and military situations, to find that your Majesty has given 

 special permission for the efforts of my pencil to be thus dedicated, 

 demands the most respectful thankfulness of, 



Sire, 

 Your Majesty's most duteous, grateful, 



and devoted Subject, 



J. W. BENNETT. 



London, March 1, 1830. 



