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TO
REAR ADMIRAL
SIR EDWARD W.C.R. OWEN, K.C.B.M.P.
SURVEYOR GENERAL OF THE ORDNANCE,
&c. &c. &c.
THIS LITTLE VOLUME,
CONTAINING
A PLAIN AND UNPRETENDING
NARRATIVE OF FACTS,
AS A TRIBUTE OF HIGH ESTEEM,
AND SINCERE REGARD,
IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,
BY
HIS OBLIGED FRIEND AND SERVANT,
THE AUTHOR.
