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together for drying plants, both in folio ; my manu- 

 script Ornithology, Flora Uplandica, andCharacteres 

 Generici. I wore a hanger at my side, and carried 

 a small fowling-piece, as well as an octangular stick, 

 graduated for the purpose of measuring. My pocket- 

 book contained a passport from the Governor of Up- 

 sal, and a recommendation from the Academy." 



Nature wore her most delightful aspect ; the dan- 

 delion, the violet, and the primrose, unfolded their 

 blossoms to the sun ; the sky- lark chanted its lively 

 song as it soared aloft in the clear sky ; and the red- 

 wing warbled its love-notes from the lofty pines. 

 How delightful must have been the feelings of the 

 young naturalist, as he advanced toward the scene 

 of those anticipated discoveries, which were to im- 

 mortalize his name, or at least to increase the sphere 

 of his ideas, and perhaps form the basis of his for- 

 tune ! As he advanced, " the redwing, the cuckoo, 

 the black.grous, and the mountain-finch, with their 

 various notes, made a concert in the forest, to which 

 the lowing herds of cattle under the shade of the 

 trees formed a bass." 



He proceeded through Helsingland, Angerman- 

 land, and West Bothland, to Lycksele Lapland, 

 where he embarked on a large river, during his voy- 

 age on which he was gratified by the sight of nume- 

 rous birds. But a succession of cataracts occurring 

 soon after, the owner of the boat, inverting its po- 

 sition, placed it on his head, and " scampered away 

 over hills and valleys, so that the devil himself could 

 not have overtaken him." 



By the beginning of June he found himself 

 among swamps, torrents, and woods, occasionally 

 accompanied by a Laplander as guide, and now and 



