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of lii.^ fellow stiidenls. Hi's pxireinity may be inferred from tlie fact 

 tliat he palclied a pair of slioes given him by an acquaintance, with 

 pieces of card sliched together with fibres of bark. Oh ye lovers of 

 learning ! receive from the trials of Linnaeus a lesson of perseverance 

 which will teach you not to despond in the darkest hour of adversity. 

 The darkest hour is said to be before day. In the midst of these trials 

 Celsius returned, and pleased widi the young botanist's knowledge of 

 the plants in the university garden, admitted him to his house and table, 

 and gave him free access to his libiary. The rapid progress of our 

 young student in such favorable circumstances may be inferred from the 

 fact, that in two years he was thought qualified to deliver occasional 

 lectures from the botanic chair, in the place of Prof. Rudbeck. 



The members of the Royal Academy of Science at Upsal, anxious 

 for the improvement of the natural history of Sweden, at the suggestion 

 of Celsius and Rudbeck, appointed Linnaeus to make the tour to Lap- 

 land. For this he was eminend}' qualified both by a vigorous constitu- 

 tion, and profound knowledge as a naturalist. Thirty-one dollars was 

 the sum furnished for his outfit, on which he traveled six months, and 

 in addition, economized sufficiently to purchase a fur dress out of it. 

 His equipments are given as follows : "A light coat of linsey-woolsey, 

 with a red shalloon lining, shag collar and cufTs ; leather breeches ; a 

 wig; a green leather cap, and half boots; a hanger at his side, a small 

 fowling-piece, and an octangular stick graduated for measuring; a leath- 

 er bag containing one shirt, two shirtees, two pairs false-sleeves, an ink- 

 stand, a pen case, a spy glass, a microscope, a gauze cap as a protection 

 from the gnats, a comb, paper stitched together to hold his plants, his 

 journal, and other manuscripts."' 



Without attempting to follow our traveler through a region of coun- 

 try, in great part waste and desert, it may be sufficient to say, as illus- 

 trating the cheerfulness and patience of Linnaeus, that parts of his jour- 

 ney were performed on a meagre stumbling horse, with an unstufTed 

 saddle, and a bit of rope for a bridle. He exposed his life in visiting 

 the remarkable caves on Utskula. A stranger to the manners, and ig- 

 norant of the language of the people, he committed himself alone, to 

 their hospitality. 



FRAGiVIENTS ON THE BEAUTIFUL. 



The beauty of graceful motion arises from the ease, and the absence 

 of restraint with which it is connected bv the mind. It charms us into 



