OF CURIOSITY. 165 



Bartlcius (John) when he arrived at Suri- 

 nam, where he went in order to make obfer- 

 v^tions in natural hiftory, was defpifed for look- 

 ing after plants, and infeds. The inhabitants 

 there thought nothing worth minding, but 

 what belonged to fugar and ccjfc plantations. 

 Vid. his letters to LinnjEus. 



ProfcfTor Kalm dared not at the hazard of 

 his life let the favages of Canada, amongft 

 whom lie refided, know that lie defcribed any 

 plant or other natural objeft, but was forced 

 Xo carry on all his refearches in private. 



When our prefident was gathering, and de- 

 fcribing the r hen-deer -fly on the Lapland moun- 

 tains, the inhabitants wondered, and laughed 

 at him for troubling his head about catching 

 infers. Vid. Ad. Stockhol. vol i. p. 121, 

 And we find that he, and his companions were 

 flared at as a fpeclacle in his journey through 

 Oeland. It. Oeland. p. 85. 109. 



Dr. HafTelquifl was forced to have a guard 

 whenever he wpnt out of Cairo in order to de- 

 fcribe any natural objed -, and even then he was 

 not quite iafe from the vulgar on account of 

 hiscuriofity. Thefe exam^ples may fuffice with- 

 out producing any more. 



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