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HP HE author of the following letters, % 

 A perfon of quick parts, took a refolution to 

 leave Gothenburg}) in the quality of chaplain 

 to znEaft Indiaman. In order to qualify him- 

 felf to make proper obfervations as a natura- 

 lift, whilfl on this diftant voyage, he wenp 

 to Upfal, that he might profit by the inflec- 

 tions of the celebrated Linnaus. On his 

 voyage he collected many fcarce plants, which 

 he prefented to his inflruclor in natural hifto- 

 ry ; who named the Torcnia Afiatka after its 

 difcoverer. After his return, he publimed in 

 a feries of letters (from November the 20th, 

 1752, to May the 3d, 1753) tn ' s account of 

 his voyage ; but died near Nqfinge in Sweden, 

 en the 17 th of Auguft, 1753. 



LETTER 



