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Dr. Bartsch, a young man with whom he had formed a 

 friendfhip at Leyden They had both warmed them- 

 felves with promifes of reciprocal kiadiiefles, and Lin- 

 naeus had hoped by the means of his friend to be occa- 

 fionally fupplied with the rarities of Guinea ; but 

 Bartfch did not furvive his appointment more than fix 

 months. 



Occafionally attending Cliftort to Amfterdam, he 

 went to Leyden and vifited h s friend Van Royen, who 

 wi(hed him to ftay and aflift him in the arragement of 

 the botanical garden there, and offered him a falary of 

 800 florins a year. Here he remained the whole of the 

 winter, and during his ftay publifhed the Ichthyology 

 of his deceafed friend Artedi, and his own Clafles Plan- 

 tarum. 



Early In the fpring of 1738, he was afflicted with a 

 long and dangerous illnefs, occafioned as it is fuppofed by 

 the treachery of a fritnd. This faithlefs wretch had 

 been entrufted with the care of the correfpondence be- 

 tween Linnaeus and his intended bride, Mifs Morseus; 

 and betraying the confidence repofed in him, endeavour- 

 ed to procure the lady for himfelf, by perfuading her 

 father of the improbability of Linncsus ever returning to . 

 Sweden after having exceeded the three years at firft ap- 

 pointed for his daughter's celibacy. This misfortune 

 was however prevented by the interpofition of another 

 friend ; and upon his recovery, Linnaeus determined to 



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