8o THROUGH THE FIELDS WITH LINNAEUS 



sider, and return an answer next day. Captain Triewald 

 advised Linnaeus to make application to the Board of 

 Mines for the 200 ducats annually which he, Triewald, 

 had formerly enjoyed, and which were not yet disposed 

 of. Count Tessin received this petition May 14, and 

 desired Linnaeus to call again at dinner-time. In the 

 interim Tessin presented the petition to the committee, 

 and at dinner-time he congratulated Linnaeus, inform- 

 ing him that the states of the kingdom had granted his 

 petition on condition that he would give public lectures 

 on botany in summer at the House of the Nobles, and in 

 winter on the collection of minerals belonging to the 

 Board of Mines.' l 



c Count Tessin had in the meantime spoken to 

 Admiral Ankarkrona about giving the office of Naval 

 Physician at Stockholm to Linnasus, who was sent for 

 by the admiral, who informed him that this office was 

 vacant, and if Linnaeus wished to have it he should be 

 recommended. On May 3 2 Linnaeus was appointed by 

 his Majesty Physician to the Navy.' 



This is not, I suppose, the same as doctor in the 

 navy, as he is sometimes called ; it is, perhaps, more like 

 the office of Medical Director-General of the Navy, on the 

 small scale required by Sweden at that time. 3 Linnasus 

 would not have undertaken the former office, as medical 

 practice was always irksome to him, and he would 



1 Diary. 2 Was the appointment antedated ? 



3 A position analogous to that of Inspector- General of Hospitals 

 and Fleets in our navy. 



