TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 
SIR JOSEPH BANKS, K. B. 
PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, 
WHOSE UNREMITTING EFFORTS 
TO PROMOTE THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY 
THROUGHOUT THE AFRICAN CONTINENT, 
AS WELL AS 
THE WORLD IN GENERAL, 
ESTABLISH A JUST CLAIM TO 
THE GRATITUDE OF HIS COUNTRY, ^ . 
THIS WORK 
IS 
MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, 
BY 
HUGH MURRAY. 
