198 THROUGH THE FIELDS WITH LINNAEUS 



CHAPTER VIII. 



ROSEN VICTOR. 



I am as earnest as a bee, 



But savage as a hornet. FARRAH. 



AFTER his tour. Linnaeus again felt the pressure of 

 poverty, as one cannot live only upon fame. Imme- 

 diately after his return from Lapland he made applica- 

 tion for Wrede's exhibition, called Ofverskotts medlen, 

 which he obtained chiefly by the kind assistance of 

 Professor Valraves. From this he enjoyed the first 

 year 30 plStar (about 5L sterling). I can discover no 

 other university prize obtained by Linnaeus while an 

 undergraduate. 



He was no longer tutor to Kudbeck's sons, nor 

 could he live with Rudbeck as before, on account of 

 the aforementioned feminine influence. But Menander, 



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afterwards Bishop of Abo, was at that time a student, 

 and assisted Linnaeus considerably with money : the 

 latter taught him natural history in return. 



Having learnt the art of assaying metals during his 

 ten days' residence at the mines of Biorknas, near Calix, 

 in the course of his Lapland tour, Linnaeus, early in 



