196 THROUGH THE FIELDS WITH LINN&US 



the Maker and Preserver of all things be praise, honour, 

 and glory for ever ! 



c The whole extent of my journey amounts to 633 

 Swedish miles ' [about 3,798 English miles]. 



Linnaeus speaks very modestly of this journey in 

 his diary. ' On his arrival at home he delivered to the 

 Academy of Sciences an account of his expedition, 

 which obtained their approbation, and they returned 

 him 112 silver dollars (not more than 10Z. sterling), 1 his 

 travelling expenses. They also elected him one of 

 their members/ He considered his labour amply re- 

 paid by the payment of his expenses, the information 

 he had gained, and the discovery of new plants upon 

 the higher mountains. He has eulogised the country 

 in the c Flora Lapponica ' as all that could be desired ; 

 happy and smiling, free from many diseases and the 

 scourge of war, and possessing plentiful resources in it- 

 self ; while the inhabitants are said to be innocent and 

 primitive, displaying the greatest hospitality and kind- 

 ness to a stranger. 2 c See what pure nature could do for 

 these men,' cries Linnaeus; but this was the memory 

 of a Swede in Holland. The journal shows us the 

 seamy side. 



It is amusing to read in Smith's preface, c So valu- 

 able was the MS. of the Lapland tour considered, that 

 on Linnaeus's whole collection and library being sold, 



1 Pulteney. Mr. Jackson, Secretary to the Linngean Society, 

 reckons these 112 dollars as less ban 251. sterling. 



2 Sir W. Jardine. 



