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nieglectful of religious observance. I had gone on 
a few occasions to the old or Mission Church and 
a few said that I hey had gone to St. James's 
Church, not far off. Dr Jackson gave us letters 
to tlie clergymen ot bonli places of worship. Id was 
not long before 1 Vi'as conliimed. Another signal 
benefit he rendered was to present us with two 
copies of Dr Abercrombie's work on i lie Intellec- 
tual Powers, then newly publisheil, with a 
recommendation that we should study the 
work. A copy of L)r. Abercronibie's book is still 
onmyshelf; but I fear it is a book almost unknown 
at the present day. It was highly valued at one 
time and may still be studied with great advantage 
by young medical men for whose benefit there is 
a special part — ' Application of the Rules of 
Philosophical Investigation to Medical Science.' 
Not long after we had seen Mr, Cameron in 
Colombo, we welcomed Dr. Jackson on a visit to 
Ceylon, possibly from his having also an interest 
in coflee-planting. On learning t hat Dr Jackson was 
in Colombo, I called upon him and it was arranged 
that in the morning he should go round witii me 
and see the liospitals and jails, of which vi'e were 
in medical charge, and that he should afterwards 
breakfast with me. I invited to breakfasi his 
other pupils stationed in Colombo— Anthonisz, 
Dickman and Wambeck. 
" In 1865, I went to England, having obtained 
leave of absence, both for the improvement of my 
health which had been for a considerable time 
greatly impaired and also with a view, if possible, 
to obtain British Diplomas, which would improve 
my status in the protession and in the Department. 
In London, it was my endeavour to meet Dr, 
Jackson, both on account of my high regard tor him, 
and also in order to obtain help and guidance for 
accomplishing my design. I found that Dr. Jackson 
was living at Hendou, not many miles distant 
from Loudon, and that in London he had consulc- 
ation rooms, in 28, George Street, Hanover Square ; 
but that Dr. Jackson was abroad in Switzerland. 
I then left for Scotland and for many months 
lived in Edinburgh, attending classes in the 
University and preparing for Medical E.xamin- 
ations. In April, 1866, I obtained a Medical Degree 
at St. Andrew's. When back in London in 
November, 1866, I called at George Street, Hanover 
Square to inquire after Dr Jackson, and left my 
address. He very kindly wrote me a letter, in 
which he said that owing to Mrs. Jackson's ill- 
health, he had taken a residence near Tunbridge 
Wells ; that the distance prevented him from 
coming up to London as often as he used 
to do, and consequently ran the chance of 
losing the sight of friends ; but that he 
would be very sorry not to see me before I 
left for Ceylon. He added :— ' If, however, 
you like to come down and see me in my own 
house on Wednesday, the 14th of the month 
( November), I would be \ery glad of the oppor- 
tunity of giving you some return for the kind 
hospitality you showed me, together with your 
friends, when I paid a visit to Ceylon.' The 
record in my diary is 1—' Wednesday, Nov. 14th. 
went to Tunbridge Wells to see Dr. Jackson 
at Luxemburg Lodge, Fraut. The train took me 
there in two liours. After luncheon and a short 
conversation, we went round the gardens. The 
situation is beuuiiful, and Dr Jackson told me 
he was reminded of the beauty of Ceylon 
scenery. Walked from Frant to Tunbridge Wells 
Railway Station, and visited on my way the 
shops in the Parade and the Chalybeate SprinfV. 
" in 1875, I was appointed Colonial Surgeon 
of Kandy and took charge of my duties there in 
November. I soon became aware that Mr and 
Mrs Cameron were residing at Kandy and I 
called to pay my respects to them. The con- 
versation turned upon the old days in Calcutta 
and the kind eDCourixgemeut which, as medical 
students, we had received from Mr Cameron, then 
Law Commissioner in Calcutta, and 1 also 
mentioned the high respect and esteem I 
entertained for my teacher, Dr John Jackson. Mrs 
Cameron began to suffer from an acute attack 
of dysentery in December and was under the care 
of Dr Coghill. I was called in consultation and 
paid her several visits. Under date January 2nd, 
1876, in my diary, I find stated that ' Mrs 
Cameron, my patient, is nearly recovered and 
evidently appreciates highly my services.' I was 
afterwards consulted on some occasions by her 
respecting the health of her sons— Mr Hardinge 
Hay Cameron and Mr Henry Camevon- about 
whom she was very anxious. In January, 1879, 
I received letters from Mr Hardinge Hay Cameron 
that his mother was very ill at Clencairn in Dikoya 
and he wished me to come and see her. I went there 
on the 24th January and found her suffering 
from enteritis (inflammation of the smalt intes- 
tines) following an attack of colic. Dr Kenny, 
the District Surgeon of Dikoya, was in attend- 
ance. Mr and Mrs Cameron and Mr H irdinge 
Hay Cameron had come to Gieucairn Dikoya, 
about a fortnight before, having newly purchased 
the estate. Dr Kenny and myself were in 
constant attendance upon her, and she died on 
Sunday evening, the 28th January. I left Dikoya 
on the morning of Monday while" the corpse was 
still in the house, and in a letter which Mr 
Hardinge Hay Cameron afterwards wrote to me 
and which 1 have belore me, he informs me that 
his beloved mother's coffin had been placed at 
half-past ten of that day in the little churchyard 
at Bjgawantalawa, He adds :— 'Her blessed 
memory will never grow dim to us, or, indeed, I 
think, to any who knew her. The recollection 
of your devoted kindness will always be with us. 
" A medical man must be callous indeed if his 
feelings are not touched by the death of a 
patient, especially of one whom he had known 
and on whom be had been long in attendance. 
The death of Mrs. Cameron was to me no ordinary 
occurrence of this nature. In her I lost a kind 
fiiend as well as a patient of noted eminence. 
Ever since I had attended upon her three years 
before her death, she had much confidence in 
me and testified her good opinion of me by some 
valuable gifts which I prize as mementos, es- 
pecially * Illustrations of Tennyson's Idylls of 
the Kings ' in which there is her autograph, as 
well as that of her husband, Mr. Cameron," 
AN HISTORIC TREE. 
April 14. 
Sir,— I presume on first reading, that the 
historic tree was an ironwood— J/esita fai-rea 
-the Na or Na-gaha of the Sinhalese and 
JSaka of the Tamils. A "Nuga" tree I had 
never heard of before ; but, fortunately, for 
my ignorance, I referred to Trimen's 
"Flora" and I find that "Nuga" is the 
Sinhalese name of "Ficus Altissima" variety 
" I'^ergusoni " (called after the late VV, 
