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of which the syrnptpms had been aggravated by the 

 fatigues and privations he endured in crossing the 

 sandy deserts. The disease quickly assumed an 

 alarming character, and he finally sunk under it on 

 the 9th February 1752, in the thirtieth year of his 

 age. 



Hasselquist having contracted debts at Smyrna, 

 his creditors seized his collections, and would have 

 exposed them to sale, had they not been prevented 

 by the Swedish consul, who sent home an account of 

 the circumstances under which the youth had died. 

 The queen, Louisa Ulrica, gave orders to redeem his 

 property, which was accordingly transmitted to her, 

 and deposited in the palace of Drottningholm, where 

 she usually resided. Duplicates of the various arti- 

 cles were given to Linnaeus, together with all the 

 manuscripts, which were published in the Swedish 

 language under the title of Iter Paleestinum. This 

 work was afterwards translated into German, Eng- 

 lish, and French. It consists of two parts, the first 

 of which contains the journal of the traveller and 

 his correspondence ; while the second is devoted to 

 observations on mineralogy, botany, and zoology, as 

 well as to many interesting subjects relating to 

 the diseases, commerce, and arts, of the countries 

 which had been visited. A Flora of Palestine, 

 made up from the papers and specimens of Hassel- 

 quist, was afterwards published in the fourth vo- 

 lume of the Amaenitates Academicse. 



Professor Michaelis of Gottingen, so well known 

 for his proficiency in the languages of the East, 

 having strongly enforced the propriety of obtaining 

 a more extensive knowledge of those countries in 

 which most of the events recorded in the Scrip- 

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