TO
TO
JOHN SCOTT, ESQ., M.D.
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, AND FELLOW OF THE ROYALCOLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON,
A GENTLEMAN AT ONCE EMINENT FOR HIS EXTENSIVEACQUAINTANCE WITH ORIENTAL LANGUAGES,AND FOR HIS CLASSICAL KNOWLEDGE,
THESE VOLUMES ARE INSCRIBED,
BY HIS OBLIGED FRIEND,
THE AUTHOR.