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to promote natural hiftory. The Reverend Mr. 

 OJbeck, in his voyage to China, made an infinite 

 number of ufeful and interefting obfervations t 

 the expence of his whole falary, and published 

 them by the contributions of his pariih. The 

 Reverend Mr. Toreen died by the fatigues of the 

 fame voyage, and left his letters published along 

 with OJbeck, as a monument of his fine genius, 

 and fpirit for promoting natural hiftory. We 

 here look upon the expences as trifling, but they 

 are not fo in Sweden, and therefore are certainly 

 the beft monuments to the honour of the na- 

 tion and the great Linnszus, who in refpedt to 

 natural hiftory is the frhnum mobile of that counr 



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PROFESSOR Kalm having obtained leave of 

 his Majefty to be abfent from his poft as profef- 

 for, and having got a paflport, and recommen- 

 dations to the feveral Sivediflj minifters at the 

 courts of London, Paris, Madrid, and at the 

 Hague, in order to obtain paflports for him in 

 their refpe&ive ftates, fet out from Upfala, the 

 1 6th of OBober 1747* accompanied by Lars 

 Tungsram, a gardener well flailed in the know- 

 ledge of plants and mechanics, an$ who had at 

 the fame time a good hand for drawing, whom 

 he took into his fervice. He then fet fail from 

 Gothenburg^, the nth of December, but a vio- 

 lent hurricane obliged the fhip he was in to take 

 ihelter in the harbour of Gr&m/tad in Norway, 

 from which place he made excuriions to Aren- 

 dal and Cbrijiianfand. He went again to fea 

 February the 8th, 1748, and arrived at London 

 the jyth of the fame month. Ke {laid in Bng~ 



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