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himfelf obliged to live upon a very fmall 

 pittance. » The reft of the expences the 

 Academy made up from her own fund. 



We on purpole have given this detail 

 from Mr. Kalms long preface, to (hew the 

 reader with what public fpirit this journey 

 has been fupported in a country where mo- 

 ney is fo fcarce, and what a patriotic and 

 laudable ardor for the promotion of fciences 

 in general, and efpecially of natural hiftory 

 and hufbandrv animates the univerfities, the 

 public boards, and even the private perfons, 

 in this cold climate, which goes fo far, 

 that they chufe rather to fpend their own 

 private fortunes, than to give up fo benefi- 

 cial and ufeful a fcheme. We have the 

 fame inftance in Dr. Hajfelquijl> who with 

 a fickly and confumptive conftitution, went 

 to AJia Minor, Egypt and Pale/line, and 

 collected fuch great riches in new plants 

 and animals, that Dr. Linnaus's fyftem 

 would never have contained fo many 

 fpecies, had he not made ufe of thefe trea- 

 fures, which the queen of Sweden generouf- 

 ly bought by paying the debts of Dr. Haffel- 

 quift, who died in his attempt to promote 

 natural hiftory. The Reverend Mr. OJbeck 

 in his voyage to China, made an infinite 

 number of ufeful and interefting obfervati- 

 ons at the expence of his whole falary, and 



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