. Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839. be gentle towards me, and towardsthe errors and omissions which may be found inthis work. I doubt not there are many, but my aimis to excite rather than to gratify curiosity, and topersuade you to go and see lor yourself, rather thanto rest satisfied with what I have seen and detail toyou. I have truly and simply related things as I 78 INTRODUCTION. saw and understood them, but it is possible that Imay sometimes have mistaken, as it is certain thatI have often forgotten. My imperfect Italian, too,does not make me sure that my questions werealways r
. Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839. be gentle towards me, and towardsthe errors and omissions which may be found inthis work. I doubt not there are many, but my aimis to excite rather than to gratify curiosity, and topersuade you to go and see lor yourself, rather thanto rest satisfied with what I have seen and detail toyou. I have truly and simply related things as I 78 INTRODUCTION. saw and understood them, but it is possible that Imay sometimes have mistaken, as it is certain thatI have often forgotten. My imperfect Italian, too,does not make me sure that my questions werealways rightly understood, by those most able andmost willing to give instruction. I am now far fromthe sources of information and the scenes I havedescribed, but I shall be grateful to any one whowill add to these recollections, or correct them ; andshould my humble writing be the means of bringingforth some more worthy work upon the subject, Ishall be thankful, for the sake of science and historyin general, that ever I was led to make the
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