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  Coromandel 
  Coast 
  and 
  in 
  all 
  of 
  tliem 
  entered 
  into 
  friendly 
  relations 
  

   with 
  everyone 
  whose 
  tastes 
  were 
  similar 
  to 
  his 
  own. 
  Dr. 
  Russell, 
  who 
  

   met 
  him 
  in 
  later 
  years 
  and 
  who 
  writes 
  feelingly 
  of 
  his 
  uniformly 
  friendly 
  

   relations 
  with 
  Kcenig, 
  says 
  of 
  him 
  at 
  this 
  period 
  that, 
  " 
  More 
  covetous 
  

   of 
  fame 
  than 
  of 
  fortune, 
  he 
  persevered 
  in 
  his 
  pursuits 
  with 
  an 
  enthusiasm 
  

   that 
  set 
  bodily 
  fatigue, 
  spare 
  meals, 
  and 
  a 
  scorching 
  climate 
  at 
  defiance 
  ; 
  

   while 
  the 
  simplicity 
  of 
  his 
  manners, 
  and 
  his 
  unassuming 
  readiness 
  to 
  

   impart 
  knowledge 
  to 
  others, 
  conciliated, 
  almost 
  at 
  first 
  sight, 
  the 
  benevo- 
  

   lence 
  of 
  those 
  with 
  whom 
  he 
  conversed 
  and 
  everywhere 
  he 
  

  

  acquired 
  friends." 
  

  

  The 
  slender 
  salary 
  of 
  his 
  appointment 
  at 
  Tranquebar 
  proved, 
  however, 
  

   quite 
  inadequate 
  to 
  bear 
  the 
  expenses 
  of 
  his 
  travels, 
  however 
  frugally 
  

   conducted, 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  novelties, 
  and 
  in 
  about 
  the 
  year 
  1774 
  Kcenig, 
  by 
  

   the 
  influence 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  friends 
  he 
  had 
  made 
  during 
  his 
  

   wanderings, 
  obtained 
  an 
  appointment 
  as 
  Naturalist 
  to 
  the 
  Nawab 
  of 
  

   Arcot, 
  in 
  whose 
  service 
  he 
  remained 
  for 
  several 
  years, 
  and 
  during 
  this 
  

   period 
  he 
  made 
  excursions 
  amongst 
  the 
  hills 
  near 
  Vellore 
  and 
  Ambur, 
  

   and 
  to 
  other 
  localities 
  which 
  promised 
  to 
  yield 
  novelties. 
  Thus 
  in 
  

   April 
  1776, 
  he 
  made 
  a 
  short 
  collecting 
  expedition 
  to 
  the 
  Nagori* 
  Hills 
  

   with 
  Dr. 
  George 
  Campbell, 
  a 
  young 
  medical 
  man 
  in 
  the 
  service 
  of 
  

   the 
  East 
  India 
  Company 
  and 
  stationed 
  at 
  Madras, 
  and 
  who 
  seems 
  

   to 
  have 
  given 
  proof 
  of 
  some 
  talent 
  as 
  a 
  botanist. 
  His 
  friendship 
  

   with 
  Koenig, 
  accentuated 
  perhaps 
  by 
  their 
  companionship 
  during 
  

   this 
  excursion, 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  kindled 
  his 
  enthusiasm 
  into 
  a 
  resolve 
  

   to 
  devote 
  himself 
  seriously 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  Botany, 
  for 
  shortly 
  after 
  

   this 
  he 
  sent 
  to 
  England 
  for 
  a 
  large 
  consignment 
  of 
  books 
  on 
  this 
  

   subject 
  : 
  but, 
  says 
  Russell, 
  " 
  they 
  never 
  reached 
  him 
  ; 
  for, 
  being 
  

   wounded, 
  and 
  taken 
  prisoner, 
  in 
  the 
  unfortunate 
  defeat 
  of 
  Colonel 
  

   Baillie's 
  detachment, 
  in 
  September, 
  1780, 
  he 
  died 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  

   after, 
  universally 
  lamented." 
  

  

  During 
  at 
  least 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  during 
  which 
  he 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  service 
  

   of 
  the 
  Nawab 
  of 
  Arcot, 
  Koenig 
  resided 
  in 
  Madras 
  and 
  his 
  intercourse 
  

   with 
  the 
  English 
  employed 
  there 
  in 
  the 
  Company's 
  service 
  seems 
  to 
  

   have 
  gained 
  him 
  the 
  friendship 
  of 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  who 
  took 
  any 
  interest 
  in 
  

   Natural 
  Science. 
  Many 
  indeed, 
  were 
  glad 
  to 
  receive 
  instruction 
  from 
  a 
  

   pupil 
  of 
  the 
  celebrated 
  Linnseus, 
  and 
  amongst 
  these 
  are 
  mentioned 
  

   especially 
  Dr. 
  James 
  Anderson, 
  afterwards 
  Physician 
  General 
  at 
  Fort 
  

  

  * 
  Dr. 
  Russell 
  (Preface 
  to 
  Volume 
  I 
  of 
  "Coromandel 
  Plants") 
  says 
  "the 
  Pullicate 
  

   Hills, 
  in 
  April 
  1766." 
  The 
  date 
  is 
  an 
  obvious 
  lapsus 
  calami 
  for 
  1776 
  as 
  just 
  previously 
  

   he 
  had 
  given 
  1768 
  as 
  the 
  probable 
  year 
  of 
  Kcenig's 
  first 
  arrival 
  in 
  India. 
  The 
  Pulicate 
  

   Hills 
  are 
  evidently 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  Palliacatti 
  Mountains 
  referred 
  to 
  by 
  Koenig 
  (see 
  page 
  

   31). 
  Pulikat 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  North 
  of 
  Madras. 
  

  

  