SIR THOMAS STASfFORO RAFFLES. 61 
tion of hiB faTTiily, and m Boon as he had a^ain placed 
them in a sltuaiion of comfort and safety, do we find 
him endeavouring to repair tlte vast losses he had 
postained. The very day after, he commenced 
ftketching frotn recollection hlH map of Sumatra, — 
set to work draftsmen, and sent people to the foreata 
to collect new speciniens. lie repined not, but went 
peraeveringly on ; and the iiest proof of his Huccesa 
ift the large assemblage of subjects whicti he munifi- 
cently presented to the Zoolofflcal Society upon its 
institution. 
The anxiety of Sir Stamford and Lady Hafflefl, 
after these severe trials, to reacli Undand, natn- 
rally increased, and another ship wa« engag^cfl, in 
which they aijain embarked on the 8th of ApriL 
They eiperienced a most tempestuous passage, but 
arrived in safety amons^ ihidr anxious fripnda. The 
constitution of Sir Stamford was very much shatter- 
eti hy climaie and the constant exercise of his mind, 
for it was one of those which could never rest, hut 
which eventually actually wear themselves out. The 
caret! of hi-? friend** comparatively restored hixTiealth, 
and his spirits never flagged i nientiomn;r fij^ future 
plana of life, he says, " 1 confess I liave a great desii e 
to turn farmer^ and have the vanity to think I coahl 
manaije about two hundred acres as Wfdl a« my 
neighbours. With this, I suppofie, I shordd in time 
become a county magistrate, an office of ell others I 
should delight in, and if I should eventually get a 
seat in Parliament, without sacrificfi in principle, I 
