TO ALEXANDER BARON VON HUMBOLDT,AS A MARK OF THE HIGHEST RESPECT,FOR THE EXTENT OF HIS KNOWLEDGEAND THE ACCURACY OF HIS RESEARCH,AS WELL ASFOR HIS ARDENT ZEAL IN THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE,AND FOR HIS CANDOUR AND VIGILANCEIN THE DISTRIBUTION OF LITERARY JUSTICE,THIS WORK IS DEDICATEDBY HIS OBLIGED FRIEND,THE AUTHOR.
TO ALEXANDER BARON VON HUMBOLDT,AS A MARK OF THE HIGHEST RESPECT,FOR THE EXTENT OF HIS KNOWLEDGEAND THE ACCURACY OF HIS RESEARCH,AS WELL ASFOR HIS ARDENT ZEAL IN THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE,AND FOR HIS CANDOUR AND VIGILANCEIN THE DISTRIBUTION OF LITERARY JUSTICE,THIS WORK IS DEDICATEDBY HIS OBLIGED FRIEND,THE AUTHOR.