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made numerous observations on the antiquities of 

 those islands, their natural productions, fisheries, 

 and the manners of their inhabitants. The States 

 gave him a public acknowledgment of their satisfac- 

 tion, and the narrative of his tour was published 

 four years afterwards. 



On arriving at Upsal in September, he made a 

 sincere peace with his old antagonist Rosen, propos- 

 ing to him a mutual oblivion of the past. In Oc- 

 tober, he assumed his professional duty as successor 

 to Roberg ; on which occasion he delivered a discourse 

 on the advantages of examining the interior of the 

 country, — De Peregrinationum intra Patriam Ne- 

 cessitate. Towards the end of the year, Rosen and 

 he entered into an amicable negotiation, the result 

 of which was an interchange of offices ; the former 

 taking the chair of anatomy and physiology, and re- 

 signing to the latter that of materia medica, botany, 

 dietetics, and natural history. 



No man of eminence, in any department of science 

 or literature, has been without enemies. Linnaeus 

 could not, therefore, expect to become an exception 

 to the general rule. It is doubtful whether Haller 

 manifested more kindness or enmity towards him ; 

 or it may be said that though he remained his friend, 

 he yet took many opportunities of uttering censure. 

 A more violent opponent appeared in Heister, pro- 

 fessor at Helmstadt, who, imagining himself a great 

 botanist, was offended by the pretensions of the 

 Swedish naturalist, and stirred up one of his pupils, 

 Dr Siegesbeck, a man of even less knowledge than 

 his master, to fight his battle for him. The repre- 

 sentations of this last had, for a time, considerable 

 influence over the fortunes of Linnaeus, and Heister 



