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ters of nobility, and the free exercise of his own religion. He 

 returned liis most grateful acknowledgments for the intended 

 honor ; and his answer, that " if he had any merits, they were due 

 to his own country," shows the sense of obligation which he felt 

 to the countrymen who had raised him to such an eminence. 



The salaries which Linnaeus received from his various public 

 appointments, had placed him in affluent circumstances, and al- 

 lowed him to gratify a wish which he had long indulged, — the 

 possession of a villa, where he could spend a part of his time, 

 away from the hurry and bustle of a public life, and enjoy the 

 quiet delights of a country retirement. He accordingly purchased 

 the villa of Harmanby, about a league from Upsala ; and, during 

 the last fifteen years of his" life, mostly chose it for his summer 

 residence. Here he kept, comparatively speaking, a little univer- 

 sity. His pujiils followed him thither, and those who were for- 

 eigners used to rent lodgings in the villages of Honby and Edeby, 

 which were both contiguous to his villa. At the distance of about 

 a quarter of a league from this rural abode, he erected a little 

 building upon an eminence, which commanded a view of the sur- 

 rounding country. In this he kept his collections of natural his- 

 tory, and delivered summer lectures in a familiar manner to his 

 pupils, and foreigners, who came to reside at the above-mentioned 

 villages. During these, the grave and solemn habit of a professor 

 was laid aside, and that of a friendly companion, clothed in a 

 dressing-gown, slippers, and a red fur ca[), was assumed. 



To the titles with which King Frederick Adolphus honored 

 our great naturalist, he added his private friendship ; and Linnaeus 

 was often admitted to his company. Natural history was a favorite 

 pursuit of this prince ; and a collection built in the castle of Ul- 

 richsdale, about half a league from Stockholm, rapidly increased 

 under the superintendence and arrangement of Linnaeus, and fur- 

 nished the materials for one of his most splendidly illustrated 

 works, entitled, " Museum Regis Adolphi Frederici." The queen 



