364 Biograplncal shctch of Col. Maclxcnzic. [Oct. 



been taken of a'l the remnins of architecture and sculp- 

 ture that were discovered in the tract of this tour. Se- 

 veral of these drawings relate to the interesting remains 

 of Pramhana, said to he a very early and the most an- 

 cient capital of the dominion, arts, and literature of Java. 

 A particular memoir of its present state was communi- 

 cated to the Society of Batavia, and has been published 

 in the seventh volume of their Transact} or) but without 

 the drawings of curious sculptures, as no engraver was 

 to be found at Batavia. 



Colonol Mackenzie has thus attempted to convey a 

 hasty, but, he trusts, correct idea of some of the objects 

 that have occupied nmch of his time in Java; for, be- 

 sides tho.^e observations in a military and political view 

 that might be expected from his professional situation on 

 the late expedition, it was also necessary to pay attention 

 to the inquiries and objects of the comrriission on tenures 

 and lands, &c. in Java, to which he was appointed in 

 January 1812, when on the journey to the eastward. 



In conclusion, he apprehends that ample materials are 

 collected to give a pretty clear view of the present state 

 of Java, to which if the materials now considerably in- 

 creased can assist in adding any illustration of the an- 

 cient history and the geography of that island, it will be 

 gratifying to him if his exertions can in the least degree 

 have contributed to stir up a spirit of inquiry that may- 

 be usefully applied to fill up the outlines he has ventur- 

 ed to trace. 



Fort William, lOth of November, 1813. 

 B. 



Extract of a general Letter from England in the pvh^ 

 lie Department, dated Feb. ^, 1810, tJie Govern* 

 ment of Fort St. George. 



2o In our despatch of the 11th January, 1809; written 



