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T O HIS
MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY
G E O R G E THE THIRD,
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UNDER WHOSE AUSPICIOUS REIGN THE FINE ARTS HAVE RECEIVED UNPRECEDENTED PATRONAGE,
AND HAVE ATTAINED A DEGREE OF UNEQUALLED PERFECTION IN THESE, HIS MAJESTY'S
UNITED AND HAPPY DOMINIONS,
T H I S WORK,
ILLUSTRATING A NOBLE SPECIES OF AMUSEMENT, AND AN INTERESTING BRANCH OF
N A T U R A L HISTORY
IN ONE OF THE CHIEF APPENDAGES TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE, IS, WITH PERMISSION, SUBMISSIVELY
DEDICATED, BY
HIS MAJESTY'S
MOST LOYAL AND DEVOTED SUBJECT AND SERVANT,
E D W A R D ORME.
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