DEDICATION. 
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you mull not expeft to find thofe 
fuperb monuments the vaunted re- 
mains of which have, in two differ- 
ent journeys, been the obje6l of 
your ftudies and refearches; but 
you will every where encounter the 
genuine face of nature, and it is to 
this circumftance I truft for the pro- 
priety of the homage I am now 
paying you. 
Le Vaillant. 
