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PREFACE.
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advantageously increased in number, but usages differ so much that great caution is required in this matter. So varied is the operation of race, language, religion, and climate, upon the character and social usages of the Hindus who occupy the vast area of India that it is unsafe to assume generally that what is common in one Province is so in others.
In conclusion, any one interested in this work will oblige by sending me proverbs not found in the collection, or any suggestions for improving the next Edition. Though I may not hope to see another edition, my son-in-law, Mr. W. A. Symonds, who has long studied Tamil proverbs with great interest, will, should it be called for, undertake the editing.
| Little Bourne, Madras, |  |
P. PERCIVAL. |
| February 13, 1874. |  |
