seat, applauding by rapping his cane on the floor and LITTLE 

 ejaculating words of encouragement. JOURNEYS 



Linnaeus was now receiving invitations to lecture at 

 other schools in the vicinity. He made excursions and 

 reports on the Natural History of the country around. 

 The Academy of Science of Upsala selected him now 

 to go to Lapland and explore the resources of that 

 country which was then little known. 

 The journey was to be a long and dangerous one. It 

 meant four thousand miles of travel on foot, by sledge 

 and on horseback over a country, much of it moun- 

 tainous, without roads and peopled with semi-savages. 

 Q There were two reasons why Linnaeus should make 

 the trip one was he had the hardihood and the forti- 

 tude to do it. And second, he was not wanted at Up- 

 sala. He was becoming too popular. One rival professor 

 had gone so far as to prefer formal charges of scientific 

 heresy; he also made the telling point that Linnaeus 

 was not a college graduate. The rule of the University 

 was that no lecturer, teacher or professor should be 

 employed who did not have a degree from some for- 

 eign University. 



Inquiry was made and it was found that Linnaeus had 

 left the University of Lund under a cloud. 

 Linnaeus was confronted by the charge, and declined 

 to answer it, thus practically pleading guilty. 

 So to get him out of Upsala seemed a desirable thing 

 to both friends and foes. His friends secured the com- 

 mission for the Lapland exploration and his enemies 

 made no objections, merely whispering good-riddance. 



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