is 



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TO THE 



DUTCHESS DOWAGER 



OF 



PORTLAND, 



THIS WORK IS DEDICATED, 



AS A GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEGEMENT 



OF THE MANY FAVORS 



CONFERRED BY HER GRACE 



ON HER MOST OBLIGED, 



AND MOST OBEDIENT 



HUMBLE SERVANT, 



Downing, 

 March i, 1777. 



THOMAS PENNANT. 



