P R E r A C 15. 



In presenting the subsequent pages to 

 those friends by whom the author has been 

 so kindly supported, and to the public in 

 general, he trusts that the many ejTors of the 

 press will be kindly overlooked, in consi- 

 deration of the distance from the place of 

 publication i^hieh has necessarily prevented 

 that careful revision of the proof sheets 

 which is so desirable, ajidirhich would liave 

 been otherwise ensured. Several errors in 

 punctuation have occurred, which have not 

 been noticed m the Errata, as it would have 

 tended to swell that list too extensively, and 

 they are therefore left to be corrected by the 

 intelligent reader. The Author begs to apo- 

 logize for the period that has elapsed m the 

 present volume passing through the press, 



wliich has been owing to circumstances 

 tu-ely beyond his control. 



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