MEMOIR OF CAPTAIN LIGHT. 17 



IN MEMORY 



OF 



FRANCIS LIGHT ESQ. 



WHO FIRST ESTABLISHED THIS ISLAND 



AS AN ENGLISH SETTLEMENT, 

 and was many years governor. 



Born in the County of Suffolk in England, 

 AND Died October 2ist, 1794. 



IN HIS CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR, 



THE SETTLERS AND NATIVES WERE GREATLY ATTACHED TO HIM 



AND BY HIS DEATH, HAD TO DEPLORE THE LOSS OF ONE 



WHO WATCHED OVER THEIR INTERESTS AND 



CARES AS A FATHER. 



The best part of his life — from 1771 to 1794 — had been 

 given to this place, and he rests in our old Cemetery. His 

 grave and the brief Inscription on it (the first four lines as 

 printed above) are well kept. Next to him lies PHILIP 

 DuNDAS, the first Presidency Governor; and within a few 

 yards are the tombs of Captain ScOTT and Captain GLASS, 

 his earliest fellow settlers. 



It is only right that his successors should gratefully recall 

 those who came first and bore the hard work of Pioneers ; 

 and should give special honour to so worthy a " Founder," 

 upon the hundredth Anniversary of his Death, 



A. M. S. 

 Penang, 21st October, 18^4. 



