THE 



ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL. 



January, 1827. 



Art. I. Some account of the Life and Writings^ and Con^ 

 tributions to Science^ of the late Sir Thomas Stamford 

 Raffles, Knt, F.R.S. S.A. 8^ L,S. S^c; successively 

 Lieutenant'Go'oernor of Java and its dependencies ^ and 

 of Fort Marlborough^ Singapore^ and the British Pos^ 

 sessions in Sumatra : Founder and President of the 

 Zoological Society. 



By E. W. Brayley, Jun. A.L.S. Sf M. Zool. Soc. 



Auspidum melioris cevi. 



It is intended, in the present article, to furnish the readers of 

 the Zoological Journal, with an outline of the history, the 

 character, and the exertions in the cause of Science and of Litera- 

 ture, of Sir Stamford Raffles : — that illustrious statesman and 

 philosopher, to whose memory, for the foundation and endowment 

 with his splendid collections, of an Institution devoted exclusively 

 to the advancement of Zoology, a lasting debt of gratitude is 

 due, from every cultivator and admirer of that science. 



The production of this memoir has necessarily required the 

 examination of the principal documents in which the actions 

 of Sir Stamford Raffles have been recorded ; together with the 

 perusal of the works, and discourses, and official minutes, which, 

 few in number as they are, are yet, alas ! in consequence of the 



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