TO
THE HIGH, AND WELL-BORN GENTLEMAN,
ME. ERNEST MERCK,
IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN MAJESTY'S CONSUL-GENERAL AT HAMBURGH, AND COMMANDER OF THE IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN ORDER OF LEOPOLD, IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS MANY EVIDENCES OF FRIENDLY GOOD WILL,
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IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY
THE AUTHOR.