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P R IN T E D BY TA Y LO R AND FR A N C IS ,
BKD LION COURT, FL E E T STREKT.
G. H. K. THWAITE8, ESQ.,
OF
PEEADENIA, CEYLON,
BY WHOSE ENCOURAGEMENT I WAS INCITED TO ENTER UPON
THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATIONS,
AND BY WHOSE AID I WAS ENABLED TO OVERCOME
THE EARLIER DIFFICULTIES OF THE STUDY,
I INSCRIBE THESE PAGES,
DESIRING THUS TO EXPRESS MY THANKS,
TESTIFY MY ESTEEM,
WILLIAM SMITH.
Lewes, March 1853.
