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 DEDICATION. XV

a Foreigner^ whose knowledge of your highly cultivated language cannot but be imperfect. Accept y then, this tvork, as an humble tribute of my veneration to the memory of the immortal Sir William Jones, the founder of your excellent Society — and, as a token of my esteem and regard for your laudable exertions in the came of general literature.

I remain. Gentlemen^

With great regard and esteem. Your most humble and devoted servant,

Johannes Avdall.

��Calcutta, Ath of October, 1826,

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