TO 
HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY 
GEORGE THE FOURTH. 
Sire, 
For the gracious condescension of Your Majesty, in 
permitting me to place the following pages under Your Royal 
Patronage, I shall ever be impressed with the most sincere 
gratitude. 
That Your Majesty may long, happily, and uninterruptedly 
reign in the hearts and over the destinies of your faithful people, 
is the constant and fervent j)rayer of. 
Your Majesty's 
Most dutiful and most devoted 
Subject and Servant, 
GEORGE FEANCIS LYON. 
March, 1821. 
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