SIB THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES. 65 
fit of Ilia employprB, ilie prosperity of ihose lie siiper- 
mteniltHU aJuA tlie advancement of tj:iturai acieiice. 
His works*, with tlie ex<T ption of lUe History uf Java, 
are tUiefly con tribui ions* to lite Asiatic anil Oatavian 
Tratisactions, aud tlioae of iht* Liiiricati Socifliy of 
London, upon the Antiqailies and History of the 
Tribes and Country, and the Natund Histury of the 
EaHtern Arcljipehigo. lint in iliij* enumeration we 
must not neglect those winch shared the fate of hia 
collections. 'lliey included HiKiories of Sumatra, 
Bomeo» Celebs, Java and the Moluccas, and Singa- 
pore, besides Tran^latioiii from ancient manuscripts, 
Dictionaries, Graininarsj and Vocabularies. Widle 
among the memoranda which he left, were the titles 
of several prfyected works,—" Noles illustrative of 
the Natural Histury, and more especially the Geo- 
logy of the Malay Islands, containing Geon^rophicul 
and Geological Notices, with an account of Honie of 
the more remarkable Vegetable Froduclionsi, mA the 
outline of a Fa una Malayan a." Anoiher work, with 
the assistance of Dr lioriifield, was thus ttkctched 
out: ** Contents, introduction,^ — Geographical and 
Geological Outline of the Archipelaj^o, — ditto of 
Java, with Plates, — ditto of Sumatra^ with diitu,— 
and Journey to Menanfifkabn, — Banca, with a Map- 
and abstract Memoir ; principal Vegetable IVoduc- 
tions, and their Distribution and LociiliticH, — Fauna 
Malayana, — Larger Animalw, kc Distribution snid 
Account of, generally as iutruductory lo the Ueacrip- 
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