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PREFACE
regard to Oriental names. The latter, a member of the
Markeaton (Derby) branch of the Mundy family and a
descendant of John Mundy, Lord Mayor of London in
1522, has been untiring in his investigations with regard to
the Cornish branch of the family. To Mr Mundy I owe
the discovery of the wills of Peter Mundy's widow and
sons, and most of the additions to the personal history of
the author are the result of enquiries made at his suggestion.
I gladly avail myself of the opportunity of publicly acknow-
ledging the disinterested kindness of these two gentlemen.
I also beg to offer my warmest thanks to Mr William
Foster for his ever ready help on all points connected with
the East India Company and its servants in their various
factories ; to the Rev. H. Hosten, S.J., for much valuable
information regarding the Italians with whom Mundy came
in contact and for placing at my disposal his exhaustive
notes on Mlrza Zu'lkarnain ; to Mr William Crooke for
settling several questions regarding customs and religious
observances and for supplying valuable references on all
points referred to him; to Sir George Grierson for explaining
Mundy's allusion to the cleft rock at Gaya and for solutions
of various other puzzles ; to Colonel A. W. Alcock for the
identification of Mundy's " strange worm " ; to Sir James
Murray for allowing me to see unpublished matter regarding
words not yet reached in the Oxford English Dictionary ;
to Dr F. W. Thomas for explaining Mundy's use of the
word " Ganghem "; to Mr A. G. Ellis for help with Arabic
words and references to Persian MSS.; to Professor J. F.
Blumhardt for the solution of Anglo-Indian terms used by
Mundy ; and to the Librarian of the Podleian Library for
his endeavour to trace the history of the Mundy MS.
My hearty thanks are also due to the clergy who have
so willingly undertaken long and tedious searches in their
parish registers in the endeavour to assist me in tracing
Peter Mundy's parentage and burial, viz. to the Rev. F. R.
Carr, Vicar of S. Gluvias, Penryn ; to the Rev. A. A. C. N.
regard to Oriental names. The latter, a member of the
Markeaton (Derby) branch of the Mundy family and a
descendant of John Mundy, Lord Mayor of London in
1522, has been untiring in his investigations with regard to
the Cornish branch of the family. To Mr Mundy I owe
the discovery of the wills of Peter Mundy's widow and
sons, and most of the additions to the personal history of
the author are the result of enquiries made at his suggestion.
I gladly avail myself of the opportunity of publicly acknow-
ledging the disinterested kindness of these two gentlemen.
I also beg to offer my warmest thanks to Mr William
Foster for his ever ready help on all points connected with
the East India Company and its servants in their various
factories ; to the Rev. H. Hosten, S.J., for much valuable
information regarding the Italians with whom Mundy came
in contact and for placing at my disposal his exhaustive
notes on Mlrza Zu'lkarnain ; to Mr William Crooke for
settling several questions regarding customs and religious
observances and for supplying valuable references on all
points referred to him; to Sir George Grierson for explaining
Mundy's allusion to the cleft rock at Gaya and for solutions
of various other puzzles ; to Colonel A. W. Alcock for the
identification of Mundy's " strange worm " ; to Sir James
Murray for allowing me to see unpublished matter regarding
words not yet reached in the Oxford English Dictionary ;
to Dr F. W. Thomas for explaining Mundy's use of the
word " Ganghem "; to Mr A. G. Ellis for help with Arabic
words and references to Persian MSS.; to Professor J. F.
Blumhardt for the solution of Anglo-Indian terms used by
Mundy ; and to the Librarian of the Podleian Library for
his endeavour to trace the history of the Mundy MS.
My hearty thanks are also due to the clergy who have
so willingly undertaken long and tedious searches in their
parish registers in the endeavour to assist me in tracing
Peter Mundy's parentage and burial, viz. to the Rev. F. R.
Carr, Vicar of S. Gluvias, Penryn ; to the Rev. A. A. C. N.