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son, I will lay before you a sort of history of my 

 life, down to the present time. 



" In the year 1730, I taught botany in the gar- 

 den at Upsal. Our common friend, Dr Rosen, re- 

 turned thither the same year. I, then a student of 

 medicine, was Professor Rudbeck's deputy in bo- 

 tany, as Rosen was in anatomy j he being likewise 

 the adjunctus or coadjutor in medicine. In 1732, I 

 went to Lapland, and returned ; after which, I read 

 lectures on botany and metallurgy for a whole year. 

 I then quitted Upsal, and, as Providence ordained, 

 went into Dalecarlia. Having accomplished my 

 journey, I returned to Fahlun, the principal town 

 of that province. Here I lectured on mineralogy, 

 and followed the practice of physic. I stayed a 

 month at Fahlun, where I was received with uni- 

 versal kindness. A physician named IMorseus re- 

 sided there, who was esteemed rich by the common 

 people. Indeed he was one of the richest persons 

 in that very poor country. With regard to learn- 

 ing, he might undoubtedly claim the first rank 

 among the medical men of Sweden. I have heard 

 Jiim say, a thousand times, that there was no line 

 of life less eligible than the practice of physic. 

 Nevertheless, he was much attached to me. I 

 found myself frequently a welcome visiter under 

 his roof. He had a handsome daughter, besides a 

 younger one, the former of whom was courted, but 

 in vain, by a gentleman of rank and title. I was 

 struck when I first saw her, and felt my heart as- 

 sailed by new sensations and anxieties. I loved 

 her, and she at length, won by my attentions, listen- 

 ed to my proposals, and returned my passion. I 

 became an accepted lover. I addressed myself to 



