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.