ADVERTISEMENT

TM 'I'lIK.

FOURTH EDITION.

In this fourth edition I have made no alterations of anykind. I now, however, find myself at liberty to acknow-ledge my very great obligations to Mr. Henry Hope, ofAmsterdam . To that gentleman I owe the most distinct, aswell as liberal information, concerning a very interestingand important subject, the Bank of Amsterdam; of whichno printed account had ever appeared to me satisfactory, oreven intelligible. The name of that gentleman is so wellknown in Europe , the information which comes from himmust do so much honour to whoever has been favoured withit, and my vanity is so much interested in making thisacknowledgment, that I can no longer refuse myself thepleasure of prefixing this advertisement to this new editionof my book.