78 A SKETCH OF THE CAREER OP THE LATE J. R. LOGAN. 



boat on survey duty. Here it was difficult to find quarters, so lie 

 carried me to Kampong Illier, where he had hired a bungalow. In 

 the evening he invited me to accompany him to St. John's mount, 

 where, he said, Ave should enjoy a most glorious sunset. While sit- 

 ting on the old Dutch ramparts his first hint of a scientific journal 

 was made to me, by his asking my co-operation — not that he seri- 

 ously intended this, but as an indirect way of letting me know of 

 a somewhat (as it would appear to me) ambitious project. At the 

 time, I personally thought little more of it, but of his seriousness (if 

 I had any doubts On the subject) he gave ample proof in his devotion 

 of every spare moment to an examination of the geology of Malacca 

 and its neighbourhood, exposing himself in this pursuit the live 

 long day to the full rays of the tropical sun. Few men were gifted 

 with such intense energy. Alas! the spirit was strong, but a deli- 

 cate constitution denied to him the full exercise of his abilities. 



The establishment of the ''Journal of the Indian Archipelago and 

 Eastern Asia" duly took place in 1847, as mentioned by Archdeacon 

 Hose, who remarks that it was a bold enterprise for a single indi- 

 vidual to undertake. I may also add that, continued as it was for 

 so many years, it was also a most public spirited one, for such a 

 work ^ras necessarily mainly supported at the private expense of 

 .the proprietor. And as the Archdeacon justly states, the conti- 

 nuance of the Journal evidenced a time of great scientific power and 

 literary activity in the Straits. To Logan is the credit due not 

 only of evoking this power, but of having personally contributed so 

 largely by his papers to its scientific objects. 



If my remembrance serves me aright, Logan, while influencing 

 all that were willing to aid, himself engaged first in geological 

 enquiry : next in geographical exploration ; and then in philolo- 

 gical studies : and, to my mind, it is on the latter that his reputation 

 will mainly rest. 



During these few recent years, I have given some of my attention 

 to one of the branches coming under the scope of his studies, and in 

 reading the disquisitions of Hodgson on Asia, Black on Africa, 

 Andrews on Polynesia, with others, I find his elucidation of many 

 remote and subtle points in the linguistic peculiarities of nations 

 most respectfully quoted or referred to. Indeed, he is generally 

 known as Dr. Logan— a title too often detained from those who 



