138 THROUGH THE FIELDS WITH LINNAEUS 



by far the closest observer of the three, while the diffi- 

 cult Lycksele episode is exclusively his own. His outfit 

 sounds strange 150 years later. 



EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL. 



Having been appointed by the Royal Academy of 

 Sciences to travel through Lapland for the purpose of 

 investigating the three kingdoms of nature in that 

 country, I prepared my wearing apparel and other 

 necessaries for the journey as follows. 



1 My clothes consisted of a light coat of Westgoth- 

 land linsey-wolsey cloths without folds, lined with red 

 shalloon, having small cuffs and collar of shag ; leather 

 breeches ; a round wig ; a green leather cap, and a pair 

 of half-boots. I carried a small leather bag, half an 

 ell in length, but somewhat less in breadth, furnished on 

 one side with hooks and eyes, so that it could be opened 

 and shut at pleasure. This bag contained one shirt, 

 two pairs of false sleeves ; two half-shirts, 1 an inkstand, 

 pencase, microscope, and spying-glass ; a gauze cap to 

 protect me occasionally from the gnats, a comb, my 

 journal, and a parcel of paper stitched together for dry- 

 ing plants, both in folio ; my MS. " Ornithology," " Flora 

 Uplandica" and " Characteres Generici." I wore a hanger 

 at my side, and carried a small fowling-piece, as well as 

 an octangular stick graduated for the purpose of mea- 

 suring. My pocket-book contained a passport from the 



1 What is a half -shirt 1 



