MEMOIR OF Dl! WKH.iri . . . iSl 



the University of Edinburgh, from the earliest period 

 of her history, arranging them in chronological order, 

 preparing an index raisonne of their contents, and put- 

 ting it to press ; which he accomplished, at the close 

 of the year 1800. 



In the course of this year, an application of a \w\ 

 flattering nature was made to Dr WEIGHT by liis 

 former friend and commander Sir Ralph ABEECEOM- 

 BIE, to accompany the celchrated expedition to Egypt, 

 in quality of Physician to the Army. Sir Rat. mi was 

 an older man than Dr Weight, and, with the privi- 

 lege arising from former intimacy, he urged that cir- 

 cumstance with earnestness as an inducement to ac- 

 cede to the proposal ; hut, after giving it the delibe- 

 rate consideration which was due to any suggestion 

 from such a source, Dr Wright resolved to remain 

 in his retirement ; remembering the scene of dcatli 

 and desolation which the physician, more vividly than 

 the general, had witnessed in the West Indies ; re- 

 collecting the painful want he had experienced of 

 congenial society; and feeling that, since that period, 

 his affections had taken deeper root in his native 

 soil. 



In consequence of a communication from Dr CuE- 

 rie on the subject of a Botanic Garden about to be 

 established at Liverpool, requesting such advice and 

 information from Dr Weight as lie might be able to 

 afford, and detailing the extent and situation of the 

 ground which had been acquired for the purpose, 

 Dr Wright, with his accustomed alacrity, made im- 

 mediate application to such of his numerous corres- 



