flatters itseW' tbat a new life and vigour will 

 soon pervade its wliole system, and that al-v 

 thougli the old trunk stil! remains^ the graffing 

 tljfereon of som'^ new branches, transplanted 

 from a rich and fertile soil, will shorlly tend 

 to produce k greater abundance of fruit and of 

 finer qualitj than formerly. 



It is under these particular circtimstantje^ 

 ttiat the Members of the Literarj Sdciety of. 

 Batavia take the liberty to present this ad- 

 dress to ypur Excellency, and to express their^ 

 barnest entreaty, that ypur Excellency may be 

 pleased to take their Society under your im» 

 inediate care and protection, and at the same 

 time to accept the title of *' Patron of the Lit- 

 crary Society of Batavia '*— -a favor which they 

 Sölicit your Excellency 'to ehhance^ by permit- 

 ting thera to receive from their Agents either 

 in Calcutta or in London, a bust of your Ex- 

 Cèllency, to be placed in the Meeting Room 

 in their nev^r Society-house now erecting at 

 Ryswickc 



Your Lordship*s compHance with this their 

 anxious wish will be considered b^ them as the 

 most brilliant event recorded on the annals of 

 the Batavian Society, aiid &s the most favour- 

 able augury of their future literary pursuits ; 



