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accurately into the various curiofities peculiar to 

 each country. Thefe gentlemen being inSpain^ 

 were invited to dine with Don Carvajal, who acci- 

 dentally afked them their opinion about Spain ; 

 they anfwercd, that its curiofities had by far 

 iurpaffed their expe6lation, and that for all this, 

 the remark of Linn^us in his Bihliotheca Bota- 

 nica were ilill true, that the Flora Hifpanica 

 would turn out as new as it was rich. Bon Car- 

 "vajal wifned to fee the Doctor's performance, 

 and having read the pafTage, he declared, that 

 Spain ihould in a little time be free from fuch a 

 reproach. Mr. More^ in his tour through Swe- 

 den^ communicated to the Do£lor this anecdote, 

 when he vifited the univerfity of Upfala^ and 

 thus it became a key to the melTage of the 

 Marquis de Grimaldi^ which had caufed Linn^us 

 fo great an aftonifliment. 



Dr. Linn^us was very happy, as he heard he 

 had leave to fcledl out of his pupils, one whom 

 he thought moil deferving of occupying a place 

 that would be both honourable and Droiitable : 

 he fixed upon Loefling his favourite ; and though 

 this young man had gone through the ufual ex- 

 ercifes, and was to obtain the degree of Dodor 

 of .Phylic in three months time, he refolved to 

 neglect this honour, and to go on his tour to. 

 Spain. In a month's time he was ready, having 



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