218 LINNiEUS. 



SECTION III. 



Studies, Adventures, and Travels of Linnceus, from 

 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 Harderwyk— Proceeds to Leyden, where he publishes 

 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 witli 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 

 Sweden after an Absence of Three Years and a Half. 



On returning to Upsal, Linnaeus was elected a 

 member of the Royal Academy of Sciences ; but this 

 distinction was the only reward which he obtained 

 for having undergone so many fatigues, excepting 

 a small bursary, of which he was soon deprived. 

 Now, however, he expected a more favourable re- 

 ception in society, and in 1733 began to give pub- 

 lic lectures on botany, chemistry, and mineralogy. 

 Unfortunately for his success, he had not yet taken 

 his degree,— a circumstance which legally disquali- 



