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DEDICATION.
Your Majesty's accession to its government, is of a nature to attach, as well as to enlighten; to prove that the most extended sceptre rests in the mind and in the heart; and by such means the King of England's empire is the globe.
With this proud feeling of a British subject, the narrator of these Travels brings back from all lands the unalienable principles of affection and duty to the august Sovereign of his country; for whose most gracious acceptance of this humble tribute of devoted loyalty, the writer has not terms sufficiently to express the deep gratitude with which through life he is,
Sire,
Your Majesty's
Most Dutiful Subject, and Servant,
ROBERT KER PORTER.
May, 1821.
