40 CAROLUS LINN^US 



and privately, at one place and another in 

 Sweden, mostly at Fahhm; but also at every 

 spare hour of time working industriously at 

 the manuscripts of several books the Flora 

 Lapponica and others which he was all the 

 while hoping soon to be able to give to the 

 public. At Fahlun he won the esteem and 

 friendship of the Rev. Johan Browallius, at 

 that time private chaplain to a certain noble- 

 man, subsequently a professor at the Uni- 

 versity of Abo, and Lutheran bishop of that 

 diocese. This man urged LinnaBus to circum- 

 vent his powerful antagonist at Upsala by 

 going abroad and taking his degree in medi- 

 cine at some foreign university. Following 

 this counsel, Linnaus, in the beginning of the 

 year 1735, sailed for Germany and the Nether- 

 lands, taking with him a finished medical 

 thesis for presentation at some school of 

 medicine, and also the manuscripts of several 

 books of botany. Before the end of June 

 he had passed the examinations, successfully 

 defended his thesis, and obtained the degree 

 of Doctor of Medicine; this at Hardewyk in 

 Holland. 



The primary object of his trip abroad having 

 been attained, there were reasons why he 

 might have been expected to take advantage 



