TO 
THE MOST NOBLE 
HUGH DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G. 
THIS WORK 
IS, 
BY HIS GRACE’S KIND PERMISSION, 
WITH THE GREATEST RESPECT AND GRATITUDE 
FOR THE VERY MANY FAVOURS 
RECEIVED FROM HIS GRACE AND HIS NOBLE ANCESTORS, 
DURING AN UNBROKEN SERIES OF MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS, 
INSCRIBED, 
BY 
HIS GRACE’S 
FAITHFUL AND OBEDIENT SERVANT, 
HUGH RONALDS. 
