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ASTOR. LENOX AND
TILLEN FOUNDAT ONS,
1801

LONDON:

Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS,
Stamford Street.

TO THE

MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE,

THIS VOLUME

IS DEDICATED,

BY HIS LORDSHIP'S PERMISSION,

AND IN TESTIMONY OF VERY SINCERE RESPECT.