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thing like display, he was sometimes thought, by those who knew 

 him little, to be cold, distant, and reserved ; while those who were 

 admitted to the privilege of his intimacy bear unanimous testimony 

 to his unvarying kindness of heart, the genial warmth of his feelings, 

 and the pure benevolence of his disposition. To a mind stored with 

 anecdote he united a strong sense of humour, and a happy facility 

 in its expression, which rendered him a most delightful companion. 

 And when to these qualities we add his perfect simple-mindedness, 

 his unswerving devotion to truth, and that singular uprightness of 

 judgment, which rendered him on all difficult occasions a most in- 

 valuable counsellor, we shall easily perceive how it was that he be- 

 came so warmly endeared to the hearts of his friends. From the 

 death of Sir* Joseph Banks, who bequeathed to him his house in 

 Soho Square, he continued to occupy that portion of it which opened 

 upon Dean Street ; and it was in the library of that illustrious man, 

 the scene of his labours for sixty years, surrounded by his books 

 and by his collections, that he breathed his last, on the 10th of June 

 in the present year, and in the eighty- fifth year of his age. 



SIR JAMES MACGRIGOR was born at Cromdale, in Strathspey, 

 Inverness- shire, on the 9th of April, 1771. He received his literary 

 education at Marischal College, Aberdeen, where he took his degree 

 as M.A. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and 

 afterwards, with a view to improve his knowledge of anatomy, attended 

 the lectures and demonstrations of Mr. Wilson in London. He then 

 obtained the Degree of M.D. from the Marischal College. In 1 793 

 he entered the Army by the purchase of the Surgeoncy of the 88th 

 Regiment, with which Corps he served in Holland and Flanders 

 throughout the Duke of York's campaign. In 1796 he proceeded 

 to the West Indies, where, with two companies of the regiment, he 

 was engaged in the expedition against Grenada, and in August of the 

 same year returned to England to rejoin head-quarters. In 1799 he 

 accompanied the 88th to Ceylon, and subsequently to Bombay. The 

 regiment formed part of the Anglo-Indian Army sent to Egypt under 

 the command of Sir D. Baird, and arrived at Cosseir in June 1801. 

 Dr. MacGrigor was Superintending Surgeon of the Force, and earned 

 well-merited commendation by his zeal and intelligence, and his 

 judicious arrangements for the sick and wounded. In 1803 he re- 



