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quiries, he colleded every plant, dried fpeci- 

 mens, colledled feeds, and fent them to Linn^us. 

 For want of another fhip, and not venturing to 

 go to Lijhon in a Portugueze Caravela j he ftaid 

 at Oporto, till the beginning of Auguft, when he 

 took his pafiage in a Swedijh fhip. They were 

 becalmed, and therefore fpent eight days on a 

 paiTage of a few hours. Here he found a very 

 remarkable difference in the climate, which pro- 

 duced the fineft American plants, as the Agave 

 Americana^ Cabins opuntia^ Phcenix daBylifera^ and 

 the JDrac^na Draco, Mr. Godin, z French z{\:ro 

 nomer, who had been fifteen years in America^ 

 and who was appointed Direftor of the Academy 

 of Marines 2,t Cadiz, took Loefling in his com- 

 pany, and left Lijbon with him the latter end of 

 September. During the journey, the attention 

 of the young botanifl was employed in examin- 

 ing thofe wild growing plants, which in this 

 country were the ornaments of the beft gardens, 

 and required a careful cultivation. He found 

 the NarcifTufes, the Leucoya, Ornithogala, 

 Squills, and Afphodels in full flower : Laven- 

 der, S?.ge, Rofemary, Fenil, Thyme and 

 Stocchas Arahica^ fpread their odoriferous ef- 

 fluvia-, and the groves confided of Olives, 

 Myrtles, Coluteas, JefTamines, Rofebays, Phyl- 

 lyreas, Maftidrces and Chio Turpentine Trees, 



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