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Distemper amon^ the Cattle — Returns through East Bothland 

 —Concluding Remarks, Page 204 



SECTION III. 



STUDIES, ADVENTURES, AND TRAVELS OF LINNiEUS, FROM f] 



1733 TO 1738. 



Linnaeus returns to Upsal — Is prevented from lecturing by Rosen, 

 whom he attempts to assassinate— Accompanies some young 

 Men on an Excursion to Fahlun, where he is introduced to the 

 Governor of the Province, with whose Sons he travels to Nor- 

 way — Returning to Fahlun, he delivers Lectures, falls in Love, 

 is furnished with Money by his Mistress, and prepares to go 

 Abroad for his Degree — He visits Hamburg, detects an Impos- 

 ture there, and is obliged to make his Escape— Obtains his De- 

 gree at Hardft-wyk— Proceeds to Leyden, where he pubhshes 

 his Systema Naturae, and waits upon Boerhaave — Goes to Am- 

 sterdam, is kindly received by Burmann, and lodges with him — 

 Is employed by Cliffort, publishes various Botanical Works — 

 Goes to England, visits Sir Hans Sloane, Miller, and Dillenius 

 —Returns to Holland, pubhshes several Works — Goes to Ley- 

 den, and resides with Van Royen— Publishes the Ichthyologia 

 of Artedi, who was drowned in Amsterdam — Becomes melan- 

 choly, and falls into a violent Fever— On his Recovery goes to 

 Paris, where he is kindly received by the Jussieus— Returns to 

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SECTION IV. 



PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF LINNAEUS FROM 1738 

 TO 1741. 



Linnaeus is treated with Neglect at Stockholm — Is offered a Bota- 

 nical Professorship at Gottingen, but prefers remaining in Swe- 

 den — His medical Practice is at length extended — He prescribes 

 for the Queen, and becomes acquainted with Count Tessin, who 



