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THE FIRST EDITION.
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shall consider a high reward) to view and visit
these lands.
Such is a brief detail of the circumstances which
led me into these countries ; the manner in which
I have performed my task must be decided by the
public. I have to solicit much indulgence, in the
perusal of my book; I have had no assistance in its
composition, and my career in the East has been
one of constant employment. I am, however, deeply
indebted to the Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone, the
late Governor of Bombay, for his advice in preparing
for, the press, and by which I have not failed to
profit. If I had to congratulate myself on having
reached my native shores in safety, I consider my
good fortune great indeed, to have met a gentleman
so eminently qualified to give me counsel. The
aversion to display, for which Mr. Elphinstone is so
distinguished, alone prevents my enlarging on this
subject.
From Mr. James Bailie Fraser, the well-known
author of the Kuzzilbash, and my esteemed friend
and brother officer, Lieut. G. L. Jacob, of the
Bombay army, I have received some judicious hints.
To Mr. Horace Hayman Wilson, Sanscrit Professor"
in the University of Oxford, and Mr. James Prinsep,
Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, my
acknowledgments are due for illustrating my col-
lection of coins : the notes of these gentlemen will
speak for themselves.
To Captain R. M. Grindlay, author of a series of
Views of Western India, I am indebted for most of
the illustrations, which do ample credit to his
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shall consider a high reward) to view and visit
these lands.
Such is a brief detail of the circumstances which
led me into these countries ; the manner in which
I have performed my task must be decided by the
public. I have to solicit much indulgence, in the
perusal of my book; I have had no assistance in its
composition, and my career in the East has been
one of constant employment. I am, however, deeply
indebted to the Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone, the
late Governor of Bombay, for his advice in preparing
for, the press, and by which I have not failed to
profit. If I had to congratulate myself on having
reached my native shores in safety, I consider my
good fortune great indeed, to have met a gentleman
so eminently qualified to give me counsel. The
aversion to display, for which Mr. Elphinstone is so
distinguished, alone prevents my enlarging on this
subject.
From Mr. James Bailie Fraser, the well-known
author of the Kuzzilbash, and my esteemed friend
and brother officer, Lieut. G. L. Jacob, of the
Bombay army, I have received some judicious hints.
To Mr. Horace Hayman Wilson, Sanscrit Professor"
in the University of Oxford, and Mr. James Prinsep,
Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, my
acknowledgments are due for illustrating my col-
lection of coins : the notes of these gentlemen will
speak for themselves.
To Captain R. M. Grindlay, author of a series of
Views of Western India, I am indebted for most of
the illustrations, which do ample credit to his