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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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