So HEROES OF SCIENCE. 



server of all things be praise, honour, and glory 

 for ever ! " 



At first, indeed, he seemed to reap but a humble 

 reward for his toils. On his arrival at home, he 

 presented to the Academy of Sciences an account 

 of his expedition, which obtained their approbation, 

 and they gave him 112 silver dollars (not more 

 than ;^io) — his travelling expenses. In the 

 following spring, he began a private course of 

 lectures on the art of assaying (which he had 

 learned so cleverly from his chance companion 

 during the Lapland journey). This art had never 

 been taught at Upsala before ; and the novelty of 

 the subject, the skilful manner in which he com- 

 municated instructions, and the reasonable terms 

 he exacted, secured Linnaeus a considerable number 

 of pupils. 



