TO
SIR LAURENCE PEEL, K.B.,
&c., &c., &c.,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Calcutta,
WHOSE BEAUTIFUL GARDENS OF THE BANKS OF THE HOOGLY
STAND UNRIVALLED
AMONG THE PRIVATE ONES OF INDIA;
AND WHOSE HOSPITALITY THERE IS PROVERBIAL;
THE PRESENT VOLUME
IS DEDICATED,
WITH SENTIMENTS OF THE SINCEREST REGARD AND ESTEEM,
BY HIS FAITHFUL AND OBEDIENT SERVANT,
W. J. HOOKER.
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