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been lowered by evaporation, therefore it 
can scarcely be assumed as a true mean 
temperature, or employed in calculating 
the height. It may, however, be remarked 
that the mean temperature given by Mr. 
Leslie, for the level of the sea, in the dif- 
ferent latitudes, will certainly not apply to 
the low latitudes in the eastern lands. 
83°, which is given as the mean tempera- 
ture in latitude 3°, is far too high for Ben- 
coolen, where the range of the thermome- 
ter, throughout the year, is usually from 
74° to 85°, rarely falling below 70°, or 
rising above 87° or 88°.” 
Oct. 24, 1821.—“ I have just received 
a letter from the Secretary of the Geologi- 
‘eal Society, announcing my election, and 
forwarded by Mr. Colebrooke, who hopes 
I will not disavow what he has done in my 
name. My paper on the Geology of Su- 
matra is complete, and will probably be 
given in the Society’s Transactions : it is 
sufficiently general, but its geological defi- 
ciencies are compensated by geographical 
information, much of which is new and 
teresti 
A ng. 
March, 1822. — “I am now going to 
oco-Moco, to superintend the elevation 
and coronation of a new Sultan, besides 
which Sir Stamford has given me a com- 
mission to report on the state of the dis- 
trict; and, if I complete it, as I intend, 
by a similar visit to the Southern districts, 
it will, with my former reports, contain 
pretty nearly all that is important respect- 
ing this coast. My Botanical essay is fi- 
nished; it contains d new plene 
fifteen of which are new gen 
Katuun, April 21st, 18224 m last 
letter, which I left at Bencoolen to be for- 
warded to you, will have informed you of 
my intended trip to Moco-Moco. I started 
by sea, on the Ist of April, and the time 
was so nicely chosen, that I arrived off 
Moco-Moco the next evening. On the 3rd 
. I landed, and the very next day the wind 
shifted to the North, so that the vessel re- 
turned to Bencoolen in nearly the same 
space of time, being, perhaps, one of the 
quickest passages ev ever made. We remain- 
ed at Moco-Moco till the 15th, when we 
MEMOIR OF THE LATE 
MR. WILLIAM JACK. 
commenced our return by land. There] € 
had a double commission, one to superin- - 
tend the election and installation of a new — 
Sultan, and the other to inquire into and 
report on the state of the district. The 
Sultan is elected by the chiefs, from among — 
the royal family, and must be confirmed by 
the Company. 
had already been made by Sir Stamford, 
and my business was to make this choice - 
good, if possible; this was fully accom- 
plished, though some opposition was at first 
expected, and the election was carried una- 
nimously. This being the case, I was au- 
thorized to cause the installation to take — 
place immediately, without further interfer- _ 
ence. The ceremony was performed under 
a large temporary shed, erected for the | 
purpose on the plain; the p 
the new Sultan, who assumed the pompous 
title of Sultan Khalifat Allah "hidayat 
Shah (God’s Vicegerent upon Earth) was 
first read, presents were then made to the 
Sultan and all the chiefs on the part of the 
Company, a salute was fired from the fort, — 
and the parties all took the usual oaths of | 
allegiance, &c. This done, we all sat down | 
to a dinner, given to nearly two hundred - 
people, the lesser folk seated on mats on - 
the ground, and served with native messes, _ 
and with rum-punch, of which a hogshead | 
was prepared; and the royal part of the 
company at our table. 
and most of the grandees little better. A 
few days after, a second part of the cere- - 
mony took place, which consisted in the _ 
Sultan's receiving the obeisance of his new | 
subjects in state at his own house. À 
of throne was constructed at one of the 
windows, whereon the Sultan placed him- ; 
self; the ground beneath was spread 
mats, and a drapery hung from the window 
down to these, and a line of guards was — 
The whole of the 
drawn up on one side, 
the face of majesty, a crowd of common 
The election of a successor - 
After dinner, à 
succession of toasts followed, which quickly 
confused the heads of the greater portion | 
of the guests, and we were not long of | 
sending home the Sultan royally drunk, - 
ere 
