LINN^US. 271 



Before proceeding to convey the prince of natu- 

 ralists to the tomb, it seems expedient to examine 

 the most important of his numerous works, — that, 

 namely, in which he arranges all the known objects 

 of nature, and of which the last edition, brought out 

 under his o^vn inspection, appeared about this epoch 

 of his life. 



