INTRODUCTION. 
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which the immediate communication may appear to be of public 
utility.’’ 
In consequence of the two last paragraphs of these instructions, 
I transmitted a considerable number of seeds to Dr. Roxburgh, 
and made a collection of descriptions and drawings of the more 
unknown plants. These last it was my intention to have pub- 
lished with this Work; but the booksellers declining to incur 
the necessary expense, I have given them to my friend Dr. James 
Edward Smith, who, I hope, will publish some part in his Exotic 
Botany. I also collected for the Governor General specimens of 
the minerals mentioned in this Work, which his Lordship directed 
me to present to the Company’s Library in Leadenhall-street, in 
which they have been deposited. 
Major C. Crawford has had the goodness to prepare the ac- 
companying Map; which will enable the reader to trace my 
route, and to judge of the opportunities that I had of viewing the 
country. On a Map of Major Rennell, he laid down a sketch of 
my route, which I made on the Journey. The very imperfect 
nature of the materials rendered many errors unavoidable. Some 
of the most considerable of these I have since corrected from a 
Map which Lieutenant Colonel Mackensie has had the goodness 
to communicate. I regret exceedingly, that I did not receive, it 
in time to allow me to avail myself of the numerous geographical 
improvements that it contains. 
I am indebted to the Marquis Wellesley for the beautiful 
Drawings from which the engravings of the Mysore Princes have 
been taken ; and I cannot conclude without thankfully mention- 
ing the very liberal and effectual manner in which I was encou- 
raged by every person in the Madras Government, and especially 
by the nobleman then at its head, now Earl of Powis. 
