VI 
Preface. 
have I acknowledged the sources whence they came. It there¬ 
fore only remains for me to take leave of my readers, with the 
hope that they will pardon my having detained them so long 
over a work of this description , but 
“Unheeded flew the hours, 
For softly falls the foot of Time 
That only treads on flowers.” 
J. H. INGRAM. 
