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publiflied them by the contributions of 

 his parifli. The Reverend Mr. Horeen 

 died by the fatigues of the fame voyage, 

 and left his letters publifhed along with 

 OJbeck, as a monument of his fine genius, 

 and fpirit for promoting natural hiftory. 

 We here look upon the expences as tri- 

 fling, but they are not fo in Sweden, and 

 therefore are certainly the befl monuments 

 to the honour of the nation and th« great 

 Linnaus, who in refped: to natural hiftory 

 is the prmf4m mobile of that country. 



Professor Kalm having obtained leave 

 of his Majefty to be abfent from his poft as 

 profeiTor, and having got a paflport, and 

 recommendations to the feveral Swedijh mi- 

 nifters at the courts of London, Paris, Ma- 

 drid, and at the Hague, in order to obtain 

 paflports for him in their refpedlive ftates, 

 fet out from Upfala, the i6th. of 05lober 

 1747, accompanied by Lars Tungfircem, a 

 gardener well fkilled in the knowledge of 

 plants and mechanics, and who had at the 

 fame time a good hand for drawing, whom 

 he took into his fervice. He then fet fail 

 from Gothenburgh,\\\e nth. oi December but 

 a violent hurricane obliged the fliip he was 

 in to take fhelter in the harbour of Grcem- 

 Jiad in Norway, from which place he made 

 excurfions to Arendal and Chrijiianfand. He 



went 



