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but also on the zoology, physical geography, geology, meteorology, 
oe and agriculture of the countries throu ugh which he 
manuscripts and drawings, although left in rather a 
acne piers — published after his death under the editorship 
of Dr. McClelland, at the expense xe the enlightened and ever- 
liberal East India ee ny. They occupy six seen sn in octavo, 
four in quarto, and one (a ona’: = Palms) in 
Another botanist of much fame, who died prematrey in 1822, 
after an Indian career of only nine years, was William Jack. In 
1814-15 Jack accompanied Ochterlony’s army to ‘as joaal terai. 
under Sir Raffles, and durin 8 0O 8 
residence in oe he contributed to botanical literature de- 
scriptions of many new genera and species which were published in 
his Malayan Miccaligdies His collections, unfortunately, were for 
the most part lost by an accident, but those which were saved are 
now in the Herbarium Delessert in Geneva 
Somewhat similar to Griffith in temperament and versatility 
was the gerne Victor Jacquemont, a French botanist who, at the 
instance of the Paris Natural History Museum, travelled in India 
for three years, from 1829 to 1832. During this period Jacquemont 
collected largely in the inpelie plain. He then entered the 
North-west Himalaya at Mussourie, explored Gharwal and Sirmur, 
ascended the Sutlej to Kanawar and Piti (at that time pa te 
visited Cashmir, and, ne a the plains, crosse ort. 
Rajputana to Malwa and = iy He finally — Backed 
with the intention of returning es : Blame, But at Bombay he 
succumbed to disease of rts liver, brought on by hard work and 
exposure. His remains, after having lain in the cemetery there for 
fifty years, were, with that tender regard for the per sonality of her 
famous sons which France has always shown, exhumed in 1881, 
transmitted to Paris, and his plants were described by Cambessedes 
and Decaisne, while his non-botanical collections were elaborated 
by workers in the branches of science to which they respectively 
appertained, the whole being — in four volumes quarto, at 
the oo e of the French Govern 
roll of pcan botanists roa — in —— during the 
first half of the century closes with the name of Thomas Thomso 
who collected arn ipunsape.: between 1849 and 1847 i in Rohilkund 
and the Punjab, and again still more extensively during a Govern- 
ment mission to the North. cas Himalaya and Tibet which was 
aaiead from 1847 to 1849. During this period Dr. Thomson 
explored Simla, Kanawar, Piti, Cashmir, Ladak, and part of the 
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materials on which the Flora Indica and Flora of British India 
were founded. Dr. Thomson also published an account of his 
