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TO THE LEARNED OF EUROPE TO THE HEADS OF ITS SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES TO THE TEACHERS OF RELIGION AND THE LOVERS OF HISTORY MORE ESPECIALLY TO THE ALIBENISTIC ORDER OF FREEMASONS TO THE FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY TO THE FELLOWS OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES TO THE EDITORS OF THE ARCHÆOLOGIA SCOTICA TO THE COMMITTEES OF THE SOCIETIES FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL AND THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE AND TO THE COURT OF THE HONOURABLE THE EAST INDIA COMPANY THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED AS A NOVEL EXPOSITION OF LITERARY INQUIRIES IN WHICH THEY ARE SEVERALLY INTERESTED AND AS AN INTIMATION OF RESPECT FROM THE AUTHOR