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the rcfult of which may be feen in the fecond vo- 

 lume of Amnsnitates Academicse, and is, I think, 

 highly deferving your attention. 



It was in his Dalekarlian Journey that Linnaeus 

 conceived the firft defign of this great work. In 

 that tour he found that his horfes left untouched, 

 among other plants, the following: Meadow- fweet, 

 great v/ild valerian, lily of the valley, angelica, rofe- 

 bay \^^illo^v, marfh cinquefoil, mountain and globe 

 crowfoot, cranefbill, yellow wolfsbane, and feveral 

 ihrubs. Soon after his return, he and fome of his 

 pupils fet about the work. Above two thoufand 

 experiments were made on horned cattle, flieep, 

 horfes, hogs, and goats, with the fole view of de^ 

 termining what kinds of vegetables thofe feveral 

 animals would eat or rejedl. 



Thefe experiments being made with great care 

 and accuracy, the refult of them mufl: on the whole 

 be true and conclufive,' as it has a real foundation 

 in that unerring law of inftindb, eftabliflied by the 

 God of nature in the whole brute creation. 



As thefe experiments were made on the indige- 

 nous plants of Sweden, diey can only be decifive 

 here with refpe^l to plants common to both coun- 

 tries; but as they take in the greater part of Eng* 



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