JACK'S LETTEES TO WALLICH, 1819-1821. 205 



The singular Combretacea 200 with crimson flowers and thick 

 fleshy leaves, I found here on the hanks of the Sillihar River 

 mounted to the size of a good tree. The native name is Api Api, 

 (fire) I propose therefore in allusion to that to call it Pyrrhanthus 

 flammea ? 



I have now intelligence of the great flower within thirty miles, 

 not yet Mown, but will be within a month, and then ! ! ! If once 

 these ships and Frenchmen were off', I shall set to tooth and nail, 

 and you shall see. I found among the convicts a fellow who was 

 employed (he says) in your seed house Engl. Here is a tremendous 

 letter, and yet if I could settle myself to work, I have fifty hundred 

 more things to say. A harum scarum chap of artillery, Lieut. 

 Hele, is going up to Calcutta to get married and returns here with 

 his wife. He asked to take any commissions for me, and I told 

 him to let you know when he was coming down, and take charge 

 of anything you might have. 



I trouble you with a letter for our friend Mr. Gillman, as I 

 know not whether to address it to Calcutta or Monghyr. 



I am anxious to hear your plans in relation to Nepaul &c. &c 

 Have you any accounts of George 210 since the " Nepal " sailed. 

 My very best regards to Mrs. Wallich, and believe me ever. 



My dear Wallich, 



Yours very sincerely, 



William Jack. 



P.S. Sir S. and Lady Baffles always desire to be remembered 

 to you both. The sweet briar arrived in excellent condition, and 

 was most acceptable, as also the other things in the two boxes. 



W. J. 



No. 3 Bencoolen 29th March, 1820.. 

 My dear Wallich, 



I avail myself of a vessel proceeding to Batavia, to send you 

 the conclusion of the correspondence, of which part was forwarded 

 by the Coromandel. When I wrote you last the Committee had 

 just closed their proceedings, and the Frenchmen had given their 

 word of honor that they had given up everything. On that Sir S. 

 wrote to them, that as they had concluded everything with the com- 

 mittee, the question of right being no longer in dispute, he was en- 

 abled to offer them the same consideration that he always intended ; 

 and to do this in the most gratifying manner, desired them to send 

 in a list of such duplicates as they esteemed most valuable, which he 

 would be happy to present to them. They sent in a list accordingly 



which was complied with The day the Committee 



concluded the business of receiving charge of the collections, Diard 



209. Lumnitzcra coccinea, "W. & A. 



210. George, Wallich 's son. See notes 72 and 221. 



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