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duction of Indigo. But as these were attempted in conse- 
quence of their success in Bengal, their notice may be de- 
ferred. 
It is interesting to observe, that even at this early period 
the indefatigable Dr. Anderson was employed in sending 
"Mauritius Cotton Seeds," as well as "Brown Cotton Seeds," 
to different parts of the Peninsula. The latter had been 
brought from Malta to India by Major Macdonald, Governor 
of Penang, in 1796, who, in writing for some useful plants to 
be sent him, says, " I forward two boxes of plants from Mr, 
Smith, the Company's Botanist here, addressed to Dr. Heyne, 
Botanist at Samulcottah; No. 1, containing 360 plants of the 
India Rubber, and No. 2, 353 of the Dammar." 
Dr. Heyne, so favorably known by his " Tracts on India," 
succeeded Dr. Roxburgh at Samulcottah, and afterwards acted 
as assistant to Col. Mackenzie, Superintendent of the Mysore 
Survey. He paid considerable attention to Botany, made a 
large collection of Plants, some of which are contained in the 
East Indian and Banksian Herbaria, and some were described 
by Roth;* but he chiefly studied Mineralogy, and his Tractst 
are full of original information concerning the Rock forma- 
tions, the Minerals, and Soils of the Peninsula. With respect 
to practical subjects, it is interesting to find him observing, 
that Potatoes were first introduced into the neighborhood of 
Bangalore and of Nundydroog by Col. Cuppage, and since 
1800 by himself among the natives, whom, he says, "I was 
enabled by Government to supply with Seed Potatoes of the 
best kind from the St. Helena stock, and to offer them a sale 
for their produce, which, however, they soon found for them- 
selves, in all parts of the country where Europeans reside. 
* A. C. Roth, Novae plantarum species prEesertim India? Orientalis ex 
collectione Doct. Benj. Heynii. Halberstadii, 1821. 
f Tracts, Historical and Statistical, on India; with Journals of several 
Tours through various parts of the Peninsula, &c. 13y Benjamin Heyne, 
M. D.,F. L. S., Surgeon and Naturalist on the Establishment of Fort St. 
George. London, 1814, 
