﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOtTRTII 
  ENTOIVIOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
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  During 
  the 
  next 
  two 
  years 
  we 
  have 
  no 
  direct 
  knowledge 
  of 
  Koenig's 
  

   movements 
  or 
  doings 
  but 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  gathered 
  between 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  Dr. 
  

   Russell's 
  remarks 
  that 
  his 
  health 
  was 
  beginning 
  to 
  show 
  signs 
  of 
  becom- 
  

   ing 
  undermined 
  by 
  his 
  strenuous 
  labours 
  in 
  the 
  Tropics 
  during 
  a 
  

   period 
  of 
  upwards 
  of 
  twenty 
  years. 
  Dr. 
  Russell 
  tells 
  us 
  at 
  least 
  that 
  he 
  

   had 
  hinted 
  more 
  than 
  once 
  that 
  Koenig 
  ought 
  to 
  prepare 
  his 
  manus- 
  

   cripts 
  and 
  specimens, 
  so 
  that, 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  his 
  death, 
  they 
  might 
  be 
  

   published, 
  if 
  possible 
  by 
  Sir 
  Joseph 
  Banks 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  under 
  his 
  auspices. 
  

  

  For 
  some 
  time 
  Koenig 
  had 
  been 
  under 
  a 
  promise 
  to 
  pay 
  a 
  visit 
  to 
  his 
  

   old 
  friend 
  Claud 
  Russell, 
  then 
  Chief 
  of 
  the 
  Company's 
  Factory 
  at 
  Yizaga- 
  

   patam, 
  and 
  with 
  whom 
  his 
  brother 
  Dr. 
  Patrick 
  Russell 
  was 
  then 
  living, 
  

   and 
  in 
  1784 
  he 
  fulfilled 
  this 
  promise 
  and 
  stayed 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  at 
  Vizaga- 
  

   patam 
  on 
  his 
  way 
  to 
  Calcutta. 
  During 
  this 
  halt 
  he 
  examined 
  and 
  

   arranged 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  plants 
  made 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Russell, 
  who 
  again 
  im- 
  

   pressed 
  upon 
  him 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  arranging 
  his 
  manuscripts, 
  which 
  he 
  

   promised 
  to 
  do. 
  But 
  the 
  eagerness 
  with 
  which 
  he 
  sought 
  novelties 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  journey 
  and 
  the 
  claims 
  of 
  his 
  work 
  in 
  Calcutta 
  prevented 
  this 
  

   being 
  done 
  and, 
  on 
  his 
  return 
  to 
  Vizagapatam 
  in 
  April 
  1785, 
  he 
  had 
  not 
  

   carried 
  his 
  good 
  resolutions 
  into 
  effect 
  " 
  though 
  the 
  declining 
  state 
  of 
  his 
  

   health 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  rendered 
  it 
  more 
  than 
  ever 
  expedient 
  to 
  prepare 
  for 
  

   an 
  event 
  which 
  he 
  himself 
  appeared 
  to 
  consider 
  at 
  no 
  great 
  distance." 
  

  

  For 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  weeks 
  he 
  stayed 
  with 
  the 
  Russells 
  at 
  Vizagapatam 
  

   and 
  during 
  this 
  period 
  he 
  seemed 
  to 
  recover 
  his 
  health 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  extent, 
  

   and 
  in 
  May 
  proceeded 
  to 
  Jagannathpur 
  where 
  he 
  proposed 
  to 
  make 
  an 
  

   immediate 
  commencement 
  of 
  the 
  task 
  of 
  putting 
  his 
  manuscripts 
  in 
  

   order. 
  But 
  towards 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  month 
  he 
  suffered 
  a 
  relapse 
  of 
  his 
  

   former 
  complaint 
  (dysentery) 
  under 
  which 
  he 
  gradually 
  sank 
  until 
  he 
  

   expired 
  on 
  the 
  26th 
  of 
  June 
  1785 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  skill 
  and 
  friendly 
  atten- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Roxbm'gh, 
  who 
  was 
  then 
  living 
  close 
  by 
  at 
  Samalkota. 
  On 
  

   6th 
  June 
  he 
  had 
  made 
  his 
  will 
  by 
  which 
  he 
  bequeathed 
  all 
  his 
  papers 
  to 
  

   Sir 
  Joseph 
  Banks 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  before 
  his 
  death 
  he 
  had 
  seen 
  all 
  such 
  

   papers 
  as 
  were 
  then 
  with 
  him 
  sealed 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Roxburgh, 
  

   by 
  whom 
  they 
  were 
  afterwards 
  despatched 
  safely 
  to 
  Sir 
  Joseph 
  Banks 
  ; 
  

   but 
  others 
  of 
  his 
  manuscripts, 
  particularly 
  those 
  left 
  at 
  Tranquebar 
  

   (including 
  the 
  Journal 
  of 
  his 
  visits 
  to 
  Ceylon), 
  were 
  unfortunately 
  not 
  

   recovered, 
  although 
  Dr. 
  Russell 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Roxburgh 
  did 
  ail 
  in 
  their 
  power 
  

   to 
  obtain 
  possession 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  For 
  many 
  years 
  Kcenig 
  had 
  maintained 
  a 
  correspondence 
  with 
  

   Linnaeus 
  and 
  other 
  European 
  Botanists 
  eminent 
  at 
  that 
  time, 
  and 
  several 
  

   of 
  his 
  communications 
  to 
  them 
  regarding 
  Indian 
  Botany 
  were 
  published 
  

   in 
  the 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Societies 
  of 
  Copenhagen 
  and 
  Berlin, 
  or 
  included 
  

   in 
  the 
  works 
  of 
  Retzius 
  and 
  other 
  authors. 
  Although 
  it 
  is 
  certain 
  

  

  