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tour to the Royal Society of Sciences at Upsal, obtaining with diffi- 
culty a very slight assistance from that body; he found some 
resources in giving private instruction in mineralogy and botany, and 
when in 1734, he set out to visit Dalecarlia, he was accompanied by 
several of his pupils. One of these, Browall, afterwards bishop of 
Abo, advised him to look out for a wife of sufficient property to fur- 
nish him with means; he accordingly solicited in marriage the daugh- 
ter of Doctor Morus, who was deemed wealthy, and to his great 
surprise, as he said, his suit was accepted. It was settled, that the 
marriage should take place within three years, and that the interval 
should be spent in travelling. 
He betook himself to Holland, where he received a doctor’s de- 
gree, and became intimate with the most celebrated naturalists of the 
time, Gronovius, Van Royen, Burman and Boerhaave ; he astonish- 
ed them by his knowledge, and his readiness in naming the plants 
which they presented to him. Cliffort, who had the most beautiful 
garden in Holland, engaged him to remain with him in order to aid 
him in its direction, and it was in this magnificent establishment that 
he enlarged his ideas upon vegetation. He there published many 
important works, (Hortus Cliffortianus, &c.) Aided by his pro- 
tector’s generosity, he went into Germany, where he became ac- 
quainted with Dillenius; and upon his return to Holland, at the 
close of 1736, his reputation was already so great that the Academy 
of Naturalists, in receiving him into its bosom, gave him the title of 
Dioscorides the second. His method was already adopted by the 
Dutch botanists and publicly taught at Leyden. He then made a 
tour to Paris, where he became well acquainted with Antoiné and 
Bernard de Jussieu, and where, it appears, some efforts were made 
to retain him; but he preferred to return to Sweden, and the ex- 
treme difficulty with which he spoke foreign languages appeared to 
have had some influence in this resolution. 
Upon his arrival, he was treated asa stranger, and he who was 
considered by oné part of Europe as the prince of botanists, was 
unable at first to find either a place in the university or patronage as 
a physician. He obtained, however, almost by chance, a small place 
at the School of Mines, and was afterwards appointed physician to 
the Admiralty; his practice increased so as to yield him nine thou- 
sand crowns a year. He married, and was appointed. professor in 
conjunction with Valerius, and henceforth was placed in a position — 
worthy of his talents; he devoted himself with renewed zeal to 
Vou. XXV.—No. 1. 
