A DISCOÜRSE, &C, 15 



Tlie collections of Colonel Mackenzie, who 

 lias personally visited almost evosy part of the 

 Islanci, prove the zeal wiih whicb he has takcu 

 up the subject; and on his return to India, where 

 an opportunity rnay be afforded of dccyphcr- 

 in2:J'e\eral iuscriptions found in different parts 

 of Java, of which he bas taken fac simüies, 

 we are proniised that bis exertions will not be 

 relaxed in endeavoring to illustrate wbatevec 

 Hiay be important. 



The opportunity afforded of increasing our 

 siock of Javanese Manuscripts has not been lost, 

 and if the Governinent sbould be enabied 

 io prosecute a plan which is in contenipla- 

 tion tor forming an eslabiishment for the ac- 

 quisition of the language, we may hope that 

 transiations of the most important wili soou 

 find a piace on the shelves of our library. 



Dr. Horsfield still continues hls pursuits in 

 Natural History^ with unabated zeal; and al- 

 though he has been for a time removed from the 

 iinmediate field of Java^ he is proseciiting in a 

 neighbouring Island, pursuits of a similar na- 

 ture. The Island of Banca, which has lately 

 fallenintothe possession of our Government, had 

 never been explored by Europeans. Dr. Hors- 

 field has undertakcn the task, and from hi:- ta.- 



