TO THE
RIGHT HON. EARL BATHURST, K.G.
Sfc. frc. fa.
M y L ord, . I h a v e b e e n in d u c e d to h o p e t h a t th is
book may, without impropriety, be inscribed to your
Lordship, not only because it relates to a Settlement
of which you may be considered the appointed
Guardian ; but, because it is well known that your
Lordship, even in the midst of the important duties
of your high official station, finds leisure for the encouragement
of all laudable attempts towards the extension
of general knowledge.
To the honour of your Lordship’s patronage I have
no other pretension, than that of having shared the
fortunes of one, whose short life was zealously devoted
to scientific attainments, and to his country’s service,
