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He was also to precede the company as quartermaster, 

 to procure them good lodgings, and to provide every 

 necessary for their reception. 



' Emporelius was zoologist, to describe and depict 

 the quadrupeds, and all the animals living as well in the 

 water as on land ; also to shoot the game for the sup- 

 port of the company, likewise to fish. 



' Hedenblad was to act as economist : to examine the 

 dress of the Laplanders, their dwellings, way of pre- 

 paring provisions, matrimonial and funeral rites, their 

 knowledge of medicine, mode of living, diet, &c. ; and 

 to describe all this with pen and pencil' [Linnaeus 

 laid great stress on such graphic illustrations]. 'He 

 was also to act as adjutant ; to distribute the president's 

 orders ; to call the company together whenever it was 

 required, especially in the evening, when an account 

 was always given of the day's transactions ; and to see 

 that they went to bed and rose at the proper time. 



t Sandel, an American, born at Pennsylvania, was 

 steward and treasurer : he had the chief care of the 

 fodder, cattle, wood-buying, and selling.' * 



This worked well. Tn the space of a few weeks it 



1 C. Linnagus, Smaland, Prseses, publics in privatum. 

 Reinh. Nasman, Dalekarl., Geographus, Pastor. 

 Carl Clewberg, Helsingland, Physicus, Secretarius. 

 Ingel Faldstedt, Dalekarl., Mineralogus, Stallmeister. 

 Claud. Sohlberg, Dalekarl., Botanicus, Quartermeister. 

 Eric Emporelius, Dalekarl., Zoologus, Jirgmeister. 

 Petr. Hedenblad, Dalekarl., Domesticus, Adjutant. 

 Beraain Sandel, Americ., (Economus, Korntmeister. 



Iter Dal. July 3, 1734, Fahlun. 



