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most important, as a Natural History Library, in the king- 
dom. The excellent Dr. Wallich, whilst resident in India, 
dedicated a genus of the splendid natural family Nympheacee, 
which he found in Pegu, to Mr. Barclay, in a letter to H. 
T. Colebrooke Esq., that was published in the 13th volume 
of the Linneean Transactions. 
. Ina spot, lovely as Buryhill, and in every respect so con- 
genial to the taste and wishes of its possessor; engaged in 
pursuits that could not but tend to sweeten the occupations 
of a serene and peaceful existence; and employed, too, in 
every good work that might aid in bettering the condition of 
the poor and in alleviating pain and misery,—pursuits that; 
however important to others and to himself, it does not fall to 
my province here to detail, but by which he will long live in 
the recollection of the neighbourhood, as well as in distant 
countries, —Mr. Barclay passed the latter years of his life in 
the enjoyment of an unusual share of health, and surrounded 
by a numerous family. In the summer of the present year, 
his strength began to decline, and on the 22d of October, 
1830, his children had to bewail the loss of a most valuable ` 
and generous parent, and the public of an ea useful 
member of society. 
A strong and highly interesting testimony to Mr. Barclay’s 
usefulness . arrived only the day after his decease, from the 
Mauritius, in a letter from his and my constant friend, Mr. 
Telfair. Like so many other communications from that 
inestimable correspondent, it was destined for the perusal of 
us both. The present Mr. Barclay, therefore, kindly trans- 
mitted it to me, and I then solicited permission to add it to 
this short notice of one, whose friendship I had long pos- 
sessed, and whose correspondence and society were to me 
sources of the sincerest pleasure.—W. J. H. 
Port-Louis, MAURITIUS, June mi 1830. 
My Dear Fniexp,—I have received, within these few 
days, your most kind and welcome letters of the 31st Dec. 
1829, and 18th January, 1830, and 3d of February, together 
with all those valuable parcels, with which your munificence - 
