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were hospitably entertained at lunch by the Sector. There was rather a 

 rush to finish feasting and catch the special train which was to carry 

 the large party to Rashult, where Linnreus was born ; for it was here 

 that the University had decided to celebrate the Anniversary. Some 

 three hours elapsed before the long train, crowded with students, 

 reached the temporary platform at Rashult, and it was at once evident 

 that other special trains and other means of conveyance had been 

 bringing men and women and immense numbers of school-children 

 from all directions. An ample space, on the slope in front of the 

 house standing on the site of the one in which the father of systematic 

 natural history was born, is enclosed by low walls, and towards its 

 centre bears an obelisk set up in 1866. All the upper part of this space 

 and the wide top of the surrounding walls were thickly packed. 

 There was no room for any one to sit. Little sprays of imitation 

 Linnaea borealis in flower were generally worn, purchased from the 

 ample supplies carried by numerous small boys. The celebration had 

 been going on for a long time before we arrived, the first part being 

 performed by the school-children. Then the great party from Lund, 

 the students bearing their banners, marched into the enclosed space, 

 took up their position close to the obelisk, and began the second 

 part of the celebration allotted to them. This was made up of songs 

 by the students, alternating with poems and addresses delivered by 

 senior members of the University. All were received with the utmost 

 attention in spite of the exhausting hours during which the great 

 audience had been standing on the slope. Before the end we visited 

 the church of which the father of Linnams was pastor. It is reached 

 by an extremely beautiful woodland path, and here I imagined that 

 the life-long interest of the great naturalist was first aroused. I 

 afterwards found, however, that the family moved to another parish 

 soon after his birth. Finally, an immense special train, which had to 

 draw up three or four times at the platform before each section was 

 loaded, conveyed us to Elmhult, the first station on the return journey. 

 Here the University party to Lund entertained the Delegates at supper 

 in the hotel, and afterwards to more students' songs in the garden. 

 Our kind hosts then returned to Lund, and we patiently waited about 

 four hours for a night train to Stockholm due at Elmhult at 12.50. a.m. 



The sleeping arrangements on the Swedish lines are exceedingly 

 good, so that we were not as tired as might be expected when we 

 arrived at Stockholm about 10 a.m. I visited the museum, and left 

 there four boxes of cockroaches, collected by Professor Y. Sjosted in 

 the Kilimanjaro district. These had been worked out in the Hope 

 Department by Mr. R. Shelford. Being very delicate insects, it was 

 important to seize the opportunity of conveying them by hand. 

 Incidentally they served to interest some of the Lund students on the 

 journey to Rashult. 



A special train had been arranged to convey the delegates from 

 Stockholm to Upsala early in the morning of May 23rd, but a glance 

 at the programme showed that this was to be a tremendous day, and 

 we therefore thought it better to go on by a late afternoon train on 

 the 22nd. We soon found that many other Delegates had come to 

 the same conclusion. At Upsala we were driven to the beautiful 

 rooms provided for us by the University, and it was thus possible to 

 unpack and arrange things the same evening. 



