Epigraph
“Gloster—Knowest thou the way?
Edgar—Both stile and gate, horseway and footway.
Poor Tom shall lead thee.—Take my hand.”
—Shakspere.
Dedication
TO THE
CIVIL AND MILITARY SERVICES
OF
BRITISH INDIA,
THIS WORK IS DEDICATED,
WITH GRATEFUL RESPECT
AND
CORDIAL GOOD WISHES,
BY
THEIR OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT,
THE AUTHOR.