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est hospitality and kindness to a stranger. In the 

 journey, he travelled over the greater part of Lapland, 

 skirting the boundaries of Norway, and returned to Up. 

 sala by the Gulf of Bothnia, having passed over an 

 extent of above 4000 miles. He considered his labour 

 amply remunerated by the information he had gained, 

 and the discovery of new plants upon the higher 

 mountains, with the payment of his expenses, amount- 

 ing to about L.10. 



Upon his return, he arranged all the plants accord- 

 ing to his own yet embryo system, and delivered 

 publicly an account of his journey, with a detailed 

 description of the natural productions. This was the 

 foundation of a work which he composed under the title 

 of Lachesis Lapponica, and which remained unknown 

 until after the purchase of his collections, by Sir J. E. 

 Smith. By the exertions of that gentleman, it was 

 translated, and published in two 8vo volumes ; it is a 

 work well worthy of perusal, and shows the industry 

 and ardour which were exerted in the undertaking. 



Previous to commencing his Lapland journey he had 

 relinquished his botanical lectures, and on his return 

 wished to give a course upon mineralogy, to the study 

 of which he had lately applied himself. His financial 

 concerns were also far from prosperous. The course 

 was commenced, and many pupils obtained, but by 

 the jealousy of other lecturers at his rising fame, it 

 was put a stop to, upon the grounds that it required 

 the qualification of Doctor of Medicine to lecture 

 publicly. 



