314 THROUGH THE FIELDS WITH LINNAEUS 



and the persecutions to which he was exposed at 

 Upsala, he would take care that his friend should be 

 assisted.' l He quickly cast about him for the means, 

 first and foremost ordering out the coach-and-four. He 

 thought of Burmann's ' Thesaurus,' which had been the 

 beginning of his own prosperity. But no : another man 

 had also a i Thesaurus ' Thesauri were the fashion. 2 

 * Albertus Seba, a German apothecary at Amsterdam, 

 had a short time before requested Linnasus to assist 

 him in completing the third volume of his Thesaurus ' ; 

 but, being then employed at Clifford's, LinnaBus could 

 not accept this offer ; and besides, this third volume 

 intended to be printed related to fishes, which Linnasus 

 liked least of all the branches of zoology.' Linnaeus 

 went to Seba with Artedi, with, I dare say, no little 

 complacency at having a coach-and-four at his com- 

 mand ; a troublesome equipage for going round the 

 hoeks, but well calculated to assist the views of his 

 friend as doors open wide to admit a coach-and-four. 

 ' He recommended Artedi to Seba as the first man in 

 ichthyology. The work was accordingly put in Artedi's 

 hands, with the promise of a handsome recompense.' 3 



Carolus found it is so pleasant to be called Carl 

 again in the old familiar tongue, that he often went to 

 see his friend, to chat with him of old happy miseries, 

 which talk revived yet more his longing to go home 

 to Sweden, home and beauty. While Artedi was pain- 

 fully contrasting their lots Linnseus was beginning to 

 1 Diary. 2 Ibid. 8 Ibid. 



