384 LIFE OF OLAF SWARTZ. 
West Indian islands, even to the shores of South America; 
everywhere, besides studying the phenogamous plants, em- 
ploying himself diligently in collecting Ferns, Mosses, and 
Lichens. At length, in 1786, he returned to Kingston in 
Jamaica, where, out of attachment to his native land, he - 
declined the honour that was offered him of being appointed — 
Botanist to his Britannic Majesty, and embarked for England 
on his way to Sweden. He remained for some time in . 
London, profiting by the opportunity thus afforded him for 
examining the vast treasures in the Banksian Herbarium, 
and comparing the plants that he had himself brought home 
with this and other collections, and then in 1789, he returned 
to his own country. The Academy at Stockholm instantly - 
enrolled him as a member, and he again made exploratory 
journies through various parts of the Swedish dominions, 
especially visiting the northern provinces, the Norwegian 
Alps, and part of Lapland. In 1790, Dr Swartz was nomi- 
nated President of the Academy of Stockholm, and in 1791, 
Professor at the Bergian Agricultural Institution. About 
this time, he married the daughter of Dr Bergius of Upsal, 
"e . but she only lived till 1797, leaving him a son and a daughter. - 
His time was now almost exclusively devoted to Botany ; the 
_ rich collections he had amassed enabling him to enter into 
correspondence and exchanges with the naturalists of other 
countries, and his innate liberality of disposition prompting - 
him to avail himself eagerly of this ability, by which the giver - 
and receivers were alike benefited. An honourable appoint- s 
ment was offered to the subject of our memoir, which became - 
. vacant on the death of Lepechin, and was pressed on his | 
