262 THROUGH THE FIELDS WITH LINN < US 



and here another moral might be drawn for Linnaeus. 

 The age of magical superstition past, that of truth 

 had opened, and he was a chief among those who were 

 unclosing the world's eyes. His influence from Upsala 

 had affected the daughter university of Lund. 1 Through 

 his influence mainly the national educational course in 

 Sweden had come to include horticulture and forestry, 

 and the technical elementary schools to include zoology 

 and botany. Two agricultural colleges have since been 

 established, one at Ultuna, near Upsala ; the other at 

 Alnarp, near Lund. 



From here he travelled by Akarpahog to Malmo. 

 He describes the beautiful Renaissance town-hall with 

 the portraits of the Danish kings and queens ; and the 

 Knutssal, formerly the council-chamber of the powerful 

 Guild of Canute ; and the Malmohus with its scaled 

 gables ; and its castle between the town and the port ; 

 * the prison of the most restless adventurer of his age, 

 James Erie Boithuille ; ' besides Malmo's Romanesque St. 

 Paul's Kyrka and quaint Kockumskahuset, all of which 

 offer so many picturesque points of view. Malmo ranks 

 as third town in Sweden. The fish, including capital tur- 

 bot, occupied Linnaeus's attention here, as well as the 

 plants and industries. He finds the climate mild as 

 Holland. Another day is given to geology and looking 

 up the building-stone; the 15th of June is devoted to 

 botany entirely. He worked so hard that on the 16th 



1 Upsala University was inaugurated Sept. 21, 1477 ; Lund, 

 Jan. 28, 1668. Upsala was already a seat of learning in 1249. 



