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  St. 
  George, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Roxburgh, 
  afterwards 
  Inspector 
  of 
  the 
  Botanical 
  

   Gardens 
  at 
  Calcutta, 
  who 
  was 
  then 
  living 
  at 
  Samalkota. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  probably 
  during 
  his 
  residence 
  in 
  Madras 
  that 
  Kcenig 
  had 
  

   outlined 
  a 
  scheme 
  for 
  the 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  natural 
  resources, 
  not 
  

   only 
  of 
  India, 
  but 
  of 
  South-Eastern 
  Asia, 
  but 
  this 
  he 
  was 
  quite 
  unable 
  

   to 
  carry 
  out 
  with 
  his 
  own 
  slender 
  resources, 
  added 
  to 
  which 
  his 
  salary 
  

   from 
  the 
  Nawab 
  of 
  Arcot 
  was 
  not 
  paid 
  regularly. 
  Moved 
  by 
  these 
  

   considerations, 
  in 
  1778 
  he 
  represented 
  the 
  facts 
  of 
  the 
  case 
  to 
  the 
  Board 
  

   of 
  the 
  East 
  India 
  Company, 
  which 
  was 
  pleased 
  to 
  grant 
  him 
  a 
  monthly 
  

   allowance 
  " 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  enable 
  him 
  the 
  better 
  to 
  prosecute 
  his 
  researches." 
  

   " 
  With 
  this 
  aid, 
  he 
  proceeded 
  in 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  August 
  1778 
  to 
  the 
  Straits 
  

   of 
  Malacca 
  and 
  Siam 
  ; 
  from 
  whence 
  he 
  returned 
  towards 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   1779. 
  From 
  his 
  report 
  to 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Madras, 
  it 
  appears, 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  

   the 
  good 
  fortune 
  to 
  meet 
  wath 
  several 
  nevv^ 
  subjects 
  in 
  Natural 
  History, 
  

   and 
  to 
  make 
  some 
  discoveries 
  in 
  Botany 
  and 
  Mineralogy, 
  which 
  he 
  flat- 
  

   tered 
  himself 
  might 
  prove 
  acceptable 
  to 
  the 
  Public 
  ; 
  particularly 
  in 
  

  

  respect 
  to 
  the 
  article 
  of 
  tin 
  ore 
  He 
  intimated 
  also 
  his 
  intention 
  

  

  of 
  sending 
  to 
  St. 
  Helena, 
  by 
  the 
  ships 
  then 
  on 
  departure, 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  

   Buch 
  esculent 
  and 
  other 
  plants, 
  and 
  of 
  such 
  trees 
  or 
  shrubs 
  as 
  he 
  had 
  

   then 
  got 
  ready, 
  and 
  might 
  probably 
  be 
  of 
  use 
  in 
  that 
  island" 
  (Russell). 
  

  

  After 
  his 
  return 
  from 
  Siam 
  he 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  entered 
  into 
  a 
  more 
  

   formal 
  Agreement 
  under 
  which 
  he 
  was 
  to 
  devote 
  his 
  whole 
  time 
  to 
  the 
  

   service 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  India 
  Company, 
  whose 
  Board 
  in 
  Madras 
  was 
  pleased 
  

   in 
  1780 
  to 
  make 
  an 
  addition 
  to 
  his 
  salary, 
  which 
  met 
  with 
  the 
  approval 
  

   of 
  the 
  Court 
  of 
  Directors 
  in 
  England. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  same 
  year 
  (1780) 
  he 
  made 
  a 
  short 
  excursion 
  to 
  Trincomali, 
  

   in 
  Ceylon, 
  and 
  early 
  in 
  1781 
  a 
  second 
  excursion 
  to 
  Colombo. 
  He 
  must, 
  

   however, 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  Ceylon 
  before, 
  as 
  an 
  earlier 
  visit 
  is 
  noted 
  in 
  his 
  

   paper 
  on 
  Termites 
  published 
  in 
  1779, 
  and 
  it 
  v/as 
  during 
  this 
  earlier 
  visit 
  

   that 
  he 
  met 
  with 
  Eutermes 
  7nonoceros. 
  As 
  he 
  notes 
  (page 
  331) 
  that 
  

   this 
  was 
  subsequent 
  to 
  his 
  trip 
  to 
  the 
  Nagori 
  Hills, 
  which 
  took 
  place 
  in 
  

   April 
  1776, 
  he 
  must 
  have 
  visited 
  Ceylon 
  between 
  this 
  date 
  and 
  1779. 
  

  

  The 
  beginning 
  of 
  June 
  1782 
  witnessed 
  the 
  arrival 
  in 
  India 
  of 
  Dr. 
  

   Patrick 
  Russell, 
  whose 
  name 
  survives 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  day 
  throughout 
  

   India 
  in 
  both 
  the 
  Scientific 
  and 
  English 
  names 
  of 
  Russell's 
  Viper, 
  at 
  

   once 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best-known 
  and 
  most 
  deadly 
  of 
  Indian 
  Snakes. 
  Koenig 
  

   and 
  Russell 
  met 
  at 
  Tranquebar, 
  immediately 
  after 
  the 
  latter's 
  arrival, 
  

   and 
  at 
  once 
  formed 
  a 
  friendship 
  and 
  commenced 
  a 
  corres])ondence 
  which 
  

   lasted 
  until 
  Kcenig's 
  death 
  three 
  years 
  later. 
  With 
  his 
  accustomed 
  

   liberality 
  Kcenig 
  not 
  only 
  gave 
  Russell 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  Plants 
  

   of 
  the 
  Coast 
  of 
  Coromandel 
  but 
  also 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  specimens, 
  as 
  an 
  induce- 
  

   ment 
  to 
  the 
  latter 
  to 
  interest 
  himself 
  in 
  Indian 
  Botany. 
  

  

  