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desist from the undertaking, simply for fear of public stricture, derision, or contempt. For, in the atmosphere of freedom, free thought must needs be duly ventilated without any restraint, in the interest of Science and Research. I therefore, submit this my humble Work to the candid judgment of the Public.

Finally, I take this opportunity to state, that I have already endeayoured to place before the Public the original (now in the Press ) of this Work in Marathi—my Mother Tongueand have now ventured to give, with a few alterations and additions, the same in English dress, in view of its being reviewed by the Savants of the East and the West,

Poona,

Dated 20th Feb. 1912. NOB. PAVGEE.