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PREFACE.

WHEN a Publication has passed through several Editions, it is presumptive evidence of the estimation in which it is held by the literary part of the community. It seems, therefore, needless to write a Preface to a Sixth Edition; and we should waive this formal piece of authorship, were it not that it furnishes a suitable means of expressing the high gratification we have felt in the favour which has been so spontaneously shewn to this work; and at the same time to intimate, that considerable additions have been made to it, from the increasing variations which are taking place in the Island every rolling year.

The Beauties of the Island are delineated in such a way, as to conduct the Visitor, most easily, to its romantic scenery, and to point out the spots in which its most elegant seats, villas, and cottages are placed.

The Civil and Ecclesiastical History of the Island is associated with some of the most important records of time. This is presented in a compressed form; and occasionally interspersed with a description of the different places with which it is connected.

The Island abounds with beauties; almost every spot is fairy land; but the Visitor who travels it without a guide, is very likely to waste much of his time and lose many of its enchanting

scenes.

The principal object of this Work is, to assist Visitors through the Island: should it in any measure facilitate their excursions, and add to the pleasure of their journies, the compiler's object in writing it will be answered.

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