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PREFACE.

night oil, amidst inconvenience and anxieties; and with theperpetual annoyance of professional interruptions. I amsensible, however, of the futility of such an apology; andas the book is now in the hands of the profession, it mustfall or rise according to its merits: I can only hope these willbe justly appreciated by the Public, that tribunal, by whichevery production, whether of intellect or of labour, must beultimately judged.

Anthony Todd Thomson.

91. Sloane Street,April, 1S11.

Explanation of the abbreviations employed in the synonymes:(F.) French.(G.) German.^1?) ItaWan.(S.) Spanish.(H.) Hindoostanie.(San.) Sanscrit.(Tarn.) Tamool.(A) Arabic.(Pers.) Persian.(Beng.) Bengalese.iDuk.) Dukhanie.