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WARREN. H A S T I N G S , E sq;
L AT Ei .
GOVERNOR-GENERAL of B E N G A L , & c .
S' I R .-
A f t e r th e la b o u r o f fe v e r a l y e a r s , I am
a t Taft en ab led to p r e f e n t y o u w i t h . a t r a n f la t io n o f th e
H E D A Y A ,
T o y o u , S i r , I fe e l it in c um b e n t : o n m e to in fe r ib e a
w o r k o r ig in a lly p ro je c te d b y y o u r f e l f , a n d fo r : fom e t im e
c a r r ie d o n u n d e r y o u r im m e d ia te p a t ro n a g e . — H o w e v e r
h um b le th e tr a n f la to r ’s a b ilitie s , a n d h o w e v e r . im p e r fe ift th e
e x e c u t io n o f th e fe v o lum e s m a y b e , y e t th e d e f ig n i t f e l f :
does h o n o u r to th e w i fd om . and b en e v o len c e : b y w h i c h it
w a s fu g g e f te d ^ and i f I m igh t, b e a llow e d t o e x p r e fs a hop>~