VI 



DEDICATION 



US back in safety, from that remote hemi- 

 sphere, to our native land. 



This undertaking, therefore, which is, per- 

 haps, not without importance in the history 

 of the Bavarian nation, owes its origin and 

 its success to Your Majesty ; and whatever 

 advantages the sciences may derive from it, 

 must be solely ascribed to the magnanimity 

 and favour of a monarch, who, considering, 

 science as the highest ornament of humanity, 

 founds upon it, by means of the wisest 

 institutions, the happiness of his people. 



Penetrated with feelings of the most pro- 

 found gratitude, we, therefore, venture to 

 approach Your Majesty's throne, and most 

 respectfully to offer to the best of kings the 

 first fruits of our mission. 



Encouraged by Your Majesty's most gra- 

 cious assurance, that, in the performance 

 of our undertaking, we have fulfilled Your 



