84 MEMOIR OF DR WRIGHT 



phew's repositories after his death. It had been writ- 

 ten by Mr Wright some time before the accession 

 of the fever which terminated so fatally, when in 

 the mriritermpted enjoyment of perfect health. He 

 disclaims, indeed, the fear of any untoward accident, 

 or even an ominous " foreboding," of his approaching 

 fate; but the intensity of feeling he evinces in the 

 concluding passages of the letter, and the minute at- 

 tention which he pays to subordinate arrangements, 

 would, with some, be held to indicate the presence of 

 an undefined and lurking apprehension, which the 

 writer himself was unwilling to acknowledge, or, per- 

 haps, unable to explain. The codicil was found in 

 one of the repositories of the deceased ; and, beside it, 

 a packet, inscribed 



" To him wlw opens the box. 



" Dear Sir, 



" Whoever you are that opens this box, and will send the 

 inclosed letter and parcel, as directed, will do a thing which 

 I had very much at heart, when I was such as you are. 



(Signed) " James Wright." 



The letter to Dr Wright is thus expressed : 



" My Dear Uxcle, Alton; 19th June 1793. 



" In two or three days this corps marches to Cuddalore, in 

 order to join the army assembling for the attack of Pondi- 

 eherry. As the French are putting that place in as strong a 

 state of defence as possible, it is supposed the siege will be a 

 pretty hard one, without, however, any doubt being enter- 

 tained of its falling at last, the force intended to proceed 



