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he kept, comparatively speaking, a little university. 

 His pupils followed him thither, and those who were 

 foreigners used to rent lodgings in the villages of 

 Honby and Edeby, which were both contiguous to his 

 villa. At the distance of about a quarter of a league 

 from his rural abode, he erected a little building upon 

 an eminence which commanded a view of the surround- 

 ing country. In this he kept his collections of natural 

 history, and delivered summer lectures in a familiar 

 manner to his pupils and foreigners who came to 

 reside at the above-mentioned villages. During these, 

 the grave and solemn habit of a professor was laid 

 aside, and that of a friendly companion, clothed in a 

 dressing-gown, slippers, and a red fur cap, was as- 

 sumed. 



To the titles with which King Frederick Adolphus 

 honoured our great naturalist, he added his private 

 friendship, and Linnseus was often admitted to his 

 (Company. Natural history was a favourite pursuit 

 of this prince, and a collection built in the Castle of 

 Ulrichsdale, about half a league from Stockholm, 

 rapidly increased under the superintendence and 

 arrangement of Linna3us, and furnished the materials 

 for one of his most splendidly illustrated works 

 entitled, " Museum Regis Adolphi Frederici." The 

 Queen followed the tastes of her husband, and pos- 

 sessed a private collection also arranged by Linnseus. 

 The leisure time in the summer vacations was often 

 spent in these occupations, and the palaces of Ulrichs- 



