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TO H. R. H. THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE-PATRONESSES, VICE-PRESIDENTS, AND GUARDIANS, OF THE CALEDONIAN ASYLUM, AS A SMALL TOKEN OF HIS GRATITUDE FOR THE BENEFITS HE RECEIVED WHILE AN INMATE OF THEIR EXCELLENT INSTITUTION, THE FOLLOWING VOLUME IS INSCRIBED, BY THEIR MUCH OBLIGED AND VERY OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, THE AUTHOR.