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shifting from boat to boat in these amphibious journeys) 

 and sailed down the pretty winding river Thorshallaa 

 (where there is excellent salmon-trout fishing), and 

 crossed the rough and black Lake Malar to Westerns ; 

 the difficult navigation of this part of the Malar, which 

 is full of partially covered rocks, being guided by the 

 two tall steeples of Thorshalla and Westerns, whose tall 

 obelisk spire, three hundred and ten feet high, forms a 

 capital landmark to steer by, being visible as far as the 

 entrance to the Thorshalla River. A relay of good horses 

 soon took him to Upsala. 



On Linnseus's return home he continued his acade- 

 mical occupations, and towards the end of the year was 

 invested with the rectorship of the university, which 

 office had been held by another person provisionally 

 during his absence. In 1750, having administered the 

 office of rector with great attention, and at the same 

 time given private instructions, he, in consequence of 

 his great exertions, and the spring setting in, had a 

 very painful attack of gout, which obliged him at the 

 expiration of his rectorship to keep to his bed. 1 He now 

 wrote his ' Sk&ne Journey ' for publication ; but it was not 

 printed till two years afterwards. His correspondents 

 had every year requested him to publish his ' Philosophia 

 Botanica,' in order that the terms and principles of his 

 system might be explained in one work. Ellis writes 

 on Oct. 30, ' I am glad to hear you are safe returned 

 from your expedition into Scania/ 

 1 Diary. 



