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prices, cfec. In preparing himself also for the practice of English 

 law (he having been trained in Scotland), I did not fail to notice 

 with astonishment the intense continued application he gave to the 

 contents of huge tomes, which, to me. were as " dry as dust" and as 

 indigestible as sand. 



During my residence at Penang, which continued for over three 

 years — in 183S to 1841 — he was a frequent visitor to my solitary 

 bungalow situated in the interior. His company was never more 

 charming than on such occasions. Making but few friends in 

 society, and being of a particularly retiring disposition, he seemed 

 to reserve an overfull share of his attractions for those that could 

 heartily sympathise with him in old fellowship. I remember par- 

 ticularly one occasion when I asked him to join me in an expe- 

 dition to the interior of Sabrang Prye. Exploring the sources of 

 the Junjong Idup, probably now covered with cultivation, but, at 

 that time, under primitive forests, waste and unoccupied, except by 

 the tiger or the jalcnn, we were* detained for three days by a con- 

 stant downpour and flooded rivers, having taken refuge in a deserted 

 pondoh. Here his versatile talent came to our aid in wiling away 

 the long, dark, dreary hours, Avhose melancholy and tedioup ^ , 

 was enhanced by the Avail of the unhu. I never heard Shak^ures 

 read with greater effect, vigour, or thorough appreciation. rs 



Even in those his very young years, I found him a safe counciilo 

 and adviser in matters important to myself, where a false step 

 might have been irretrievable. In my heart I was thankful to him 

 for this. We met again at Singapore in 1813-4, where his elder 

 brother Abraham had joined me in my own house as chum. A fal- 

 ling off in practice at Penang made a change advisable for the 

 younger Logan also, and with us he took up his residence. 



For several years, the busy practice of his profession seemed to 

 engage his whole attention, but early in 1847 I had an indication 

 of coming events ; not that there had not been abundant indications 

 before this, for while he conducted the Gazette at Penang he drew 

 out originality and latent talent from many of the residents — Eu- 

 ropean and Asiatic — which that paper had never shown before, and 

 he himself illuminated it with many powerful leaders. 



The occasion of this direct indication occurred when he had pre- 

 ceded me to Malacca on law business. I had followed in the gun- 



