2 UPLAND. 



opened and shut at pleasure. This bag con- 

 tained one shirt ; two pair of false sleeves ; 

 two half shirts ; an inkstand, pencase, mi- 

 croscope, and spying-glass ; a gauze cap to 

 protect me occasionally from the gnats ; a 

 comb ; my journal, and a parcel of paper 

 stitched together for drying plants, both 

 in folio ; my manuscript Ornithology, Flo- 

 ra Uplandica, and Characteres generici. 

 I wore a hanger at my side, and carried a 

 small fowling-piece, as well as an octangu- 

 lar stick, graduated for the purpose of 

 measuring. My pocket-book contained a 

 passport from the Governor of Upsal, and 

 a recommendation from the Academy. 



Mai/ 12, 1732, old style. 



I set out alone from the city of Upsal 

 on Friday May 12, 1732, at eleven o'clock, 

 being at that time within half a day of 

 twenty-five years of age. 



At this season Nature wore her most 

 cheerful and delightful aspect, and Flora 

 celebrated her nuptials with Phoebus. 



