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 yul preface. How fax the Author may have succeeded, with the materials at his command, in interesting his readers, he leaves them to judga He is, however, vain enough to believe that he has, at least in some degree, supplied a want in collecting together, in one volume, information most of which was only to be found scattered here and there in all sorts of odd comers, whilst for the remainder the writer is gratified in being the humble instrument to rescue it from oblivion. There are several other places of historic importance in the neighbourhood which it was the Author's intention to have noticed had space allowed. But it is otherwise. They may, however, at some future time, should health and opportunity permit, form the subject of a separate publication, uniform with the present Work. I cast thee on the waters, go thy ways; And if, as I believe, thy vein be good, The world will find tihee after many days." THE AUTHOR Bishop Augexaio), November 29, 1872. Digitized by Google
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