PEARLS, 83 
hundred ducats. The sealed manuscript containing 
the receipt was afterwards disposed of, by the heirs 
of this gentleman, to the highest bidder; and is 
said by Dr. Stover to have passed into the hands of 
our distinguished countryman, Sir J. E. Smith. 
The emblematic coat of arms, which typified the 
feelings of an admiring country, while it ennobled 
the celebrated Swedish naturalist, is stated to have 
been given in consequence of this important inven- 
tion; but it appears from the historian of Linnzeus, 
that the patent of nobility was granted previous to 
the year 1756: and that the pearl, which superficial 
observers have assigned to his arms, was in fact an 
ego, designed by the blazoner, M. Tilas, as an 
emblem of maternal nature, after the manner of the 
ancient Egyptians. The arms of Linnzus are, 
indeed, equally elegant and appropriate. They are 
divided into three fields, representing the three king- 
doms of nature: the red signifying the animal, and 
the green the vegetable ; the whole is surmounted by 
an helmet, and the beautiful Linnzea forms the crest. 
The phalaena linncella, shining with its silvery 
colours, is displayed around the border in preference 
to festoons of drapery, and below the motto, “ Hamam 
extendere factis,’ designates the active genius of 
Linneus. 
The appellation of Margion, or Globe of light, 
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