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To the
Right Hon’ble Lieut. General Sir Henry Hardinge,
G. C. B. &c. &c.
Governor General
of
India
This endeavor
to promote the acquirement of the vernacular dialect
of one of the numerous provinces
under his sway,
and thereby to benefit a large portion
of
British subjects,
is,
by permission, inscribed
by his obedient servant
the author
