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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 Nymphceacece, 

 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 Linnaean Transactions. 



In a 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 eminently 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 28th, 1830. 



My Dear Friend, — 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 



