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the first English work devoted to a scientific and rational classification of 
ass survived some 
dence in Java. 
“ After the death of Dryander in 1810, Dr. Brown received the charge 
of the library and collections of Sir Joseph Banks, who bequeathed them 
to him for life. They were afterwards, by his permission, transferred to 
received the decoration of the highes 
of which his friend and survivor 
eenbolae 1 
“He died surroun 1 , 
_ Mery been the hbrary of Sir Joseph Banks. In private, ee ae was 
Sreatly admired by a large circle of attached friends for the singular - — 
Soundness of his judgment, the simplicity of his habits, and the kindness _ 
of his disposition. o was buried on the 15th inst. at the cemetery at _ 
Kensal Green, when his funeral was attended by a large body of his se- 
‘entific and personal friends.”—The [London] Atheneum, June, 1858. — 
