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of such subjects is, and how unanimous artists seem to 

 be as to the propriety of exaggerating those features 

 which should predominate in the landscape, it may fairly 

 be doubted whether the total effect of steepness and 

 elevation, especially in a mountain view, can, on a small 

 scale, be conveyed by a strict adherence to truth. I need 

 hardly add, that if such is attainable, it is only by those 

 who have a power of colouring that few pretend to. In 

 the list of plates and woodcuts I have mentioned the 

 obligations I am under to several friends for the use of 

 drawings, &c. 



With regard to the spelling of native names, after much 

 anxious discussion I have adopted that which assimilates 

 most to the English pronunciation. For great assistance 

 in this, for a careful revision of the sheets as they passed 

 through the press, and for numerous valuable suggestions 

 throughout, I am indebted to my fellow-traveller, Dr. 

 Thomas Thomson. 



