"W.E.M."

“ Possessing a vigorous constitution and an excellent physique, he was at an early age designed for what appears to have been the hereditary profession of the Mackinnon family—that of a soldier, and with that view entered the Waterloo College, whither his two brothers had already preceded him. Those who knew him best during life will regret that destiny did not fulfil in his regard the predisposition of his family for a place on the tented field. ”

“ More sad are those we daily see,
It is—but hadn't ought to be.
I knew the deceased journalist well. Almost since the death of his dearest friend, the late Marcus Clarke, we have been intimately associated in literary and other business concerns, an intimacy which. imposes upon me the sad duty I owe my departed friend, to pen these few poor lines by way of an epitaph to his memory. Mr. Mackinnon was of Scottish birth and parentage, being the younger son of a distinguished General, an officer in the British Army, and a near relative of the late Mr. ”

“ I have been told by Malays in Province Wellesley that one of these mounds was opened and explored by Col. Low. If the others, left perfect by him, have escaped destruction at the hands of Chinese limeburners, they will probably be worth examination and description. "Goa kepah" (shell-cave) , a place in the neighbourhood, no doubt takes its name from these mounds. ”