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To the Memory

of

MY BELOVED MOTHER,

at whose request it was written,

THIS NARRATIVE IS DEDICATED:

AND IF ANY OF THE FRIENDS,

WHOSE KIND PARTIALITY HAS INDUCED THEM TO URGE

ITS PUBLICATION,

SHOULD THINK I HAVE DWELT TOO MUCH

ON MYSELF, ON MY OWN THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND ADVENTURES,

LET THEM REMEMBER THAT

THIS JOURNAL WAS WRITTEN FOR THE AFFECTIONATE EYE

Of Her

TO WHOM NOTHING COULD BE SO GRATIFYING

AS THE SLIGHTEST INCIDENT CONNECTED WITH HER

BELOVED AND ABSENT CHILD,

فاني پارکس