32 MEMOIR OF AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN. 



1829. according to his theory of ancient Astronomy, and Colonel 

 Briggs as firmly maintained were not so when he last saw 

 them. 



Acquaint- The visit to Paris was paid just before Colonel Briggs 



Paris. left for India. It was a time of great enjoyment, and 

 besidos the society of his uncle's family and the pleasures 

 of Paris life, then quite new to him, whose time had been 

 altogether given to study, he made acquaintance with 

 many of the scientific men and scholars of the time. 

 Among these were MM. Hachette (with whom he corre- 

 sponded till M. Hachette's death in 1832), Biot, Chladni, 

 the Due de Broglie, and others. With M. Quetelet he 

 became acquainted two years later. M. Bourdon, whose 

 work on Algebra he had translated, was in Paris, but the 

 two never met. 



India. My husband's interest in his birthplace had always 



been kept alive by intercourse with his many relations 

 there, some of whom were in the Madras army, some in 

 the Civil Service. It is well known how frequent were the 

 disputes and jealousies among the servants of the East 

 India Company. Col. De Morgan had suffered much from 

 accusations made against him by superior officers, for 

 which the later justice done to him hardly compensated. 

 Col. Briggs, who was acknowledged to be an able and well- 

 informed officer, had his share of trouble. In 1829, great 

 difficulties arose in the government of the Mysore, owing 

 partly to the mixture of native rule, and partly to the 

 province being under the direction of the Governor of 

 Madras, who appointed Commissioners for it. Owing to 

 these disorders, Lord W. Bentinck, the Governor-General, 

 determined to separate the Mysore from the Madras 

 Presidency, and appointed Col. Briggs and another officer 

 Commissioners, with full powers over the province. Of 

 these Col. Briggs was the chief. This appointment 

 displeased the Governor of Madras, who left no stone 

 unturned to reverse it, and after a year and a half 

 succeeded in getting Col. 'Briggs removed, and another 



