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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XIX. 



perusal of Loten's lengthy will* and that of his widow at 

 Somerset House has furnished me with some interesting de- 

 tails ; f and were the former document copied and printedj 

 it would throw a good deal of light upon Loten's family history. 

 I find, among other particulars, that Lot en had in his 

 household a faithful female freed slave named Sity, a native 

 of Celebes. It would appear, judging from the dates of the 

 various codicils, that Loten's residence in England continued 

 until about 1781 or 1782, § and that after that date he settled 

 down in or near Utrecht, where, as Mr. van Houten has stated, 

 his brother Arnoud was burgomaster, || and his two grand- 

 children^ probably lived. That Mrs. Loten also removed to 

 Holland is probable, though I have no proof of it ; but that she 

 visited Utrecht at some period we know from her will.* * After 

 her husband's death, at any rate, we may be sure that she once 

 more took up her abode in New Burlington Street, where, as 

 we have seen, she died. Her body was doubtless buried, as 

 in her will she desires it to be, in the chancel of the church 

 at Coleshill, of which her father had for so many years been 



* With the various codicils, it covers some 16 folio pages. The will 

 itself is dated in 1767, the codicils bear various dates down to almost 

 the year of Loten's death, the later ones being translations from the 

 Dutch. 



f Unfortunately, the notes I had made were impounded by a soul- 

 less official on the ground that they were " revenue " : hence I have to 

 rely on my memory. 



| Mrs. Loten's will cannot be copied, as it falls within the prescribed 

 period. 



§ Compare what Forster says, in the extract quoted below. One 

 incident of Loten's later years, recorded by Robide van der Aa in the 

 work quoted above, Mr. van Houten has omitted to mention, namely, 

 that in 1775 Loten was in correspondence with the noted hydrographer 

 James Dalrymple regarding a map of Celebes (doubtless the one in 19 

 sheets by Jean Michel Aubert spoken of above). 



|| This fact is also mentioned in Loten's will, from which, more- 

 over, we learn that Arnoud had a son and a daughter, the former being 

 a namesake of Loten's. 



These, a son and a daughter of Dirk Willem van der Brugghen, 

 are referred to by Loten in his will. The daughter married (if my 

 memory is correct) a Mr. Wilmersdorf, from whom she afterwards 

 separated. 



** In which she leaves valuable rings to two ladies who were kind to 

 her in a serious illness that she had when in Utrecht. 



