IV 
DEDICATION. 
Your Majesty’s accession to its government, is of 
a nature to attach, as well as to enlighten; to prove 
that the most extended sceptre rests in the mind 
and in the heart; and by such means the King of 
England’s empire is the globe. 
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With this proud feeling of a British subject, the 
narrator of these Travels brings back from all lands 
the unalienable principles of affection and duty to 
the august Sovereign of his country; for whose 
most gracious acceptance of this humble tribute 
of devoted loyalty, the writer has not terms suf¬ 
ficiently to express the deep gratitude with which 
through life he is, 
Sire, 
Your Majesty’s 
Most Dutiful Subject, and Servant, 
ROBERT KER PORTER. 
May, 1821 . 
