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Excerpt from Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom I am sure that my reader will excuse, while the author will pardon, my making a few extracts from this singular and entertaining melange of Surnames. It is right to bear in mind that the author has sometimes regarded their apparent, rather than their actual, derivations and original meanings. Mr. Bowditch acknowledges the assistance he received from the article in the Edinburgh Review above mentioned, and from Mr. Dixon's publication, as well as from what he is pleased to call my elaborate essay. He adds Had I seen these publications at an earlier period, the great extent of the subject would have deterred me altogether. I am sure that many, in common with myself, will feel glad that Mr. Bowditch's reading in this direction was originally thus limited. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.