SAMOUELLE 5 



The emoluments of Linne by his various publi- 

 cations were not great. He is reported to have sold 

 the copy-right of most of them for a ducat, (about 

 nine and sixpence,) a printed sheet. His different 

 appointments, however, had raised him to a con- 

 siderable degree of opulence. He purchased the 

 estate of Hammarley and Siifja in 1758, for 80,000 

 dollars, about .£2330. sterling. 



As the habits of Linne* were temperate and regular 

 he retained his health and vigour in tolerable perfec- 

 tion, notwithstanding the immense labours of his 

 mind, till beyond his 60th year. 



After two severe attacks of apoplexy, one in 1774 

 and the other in 1776, he died from an internal com- 

 plaint on the 10th of January 1778, in the 71st year 

 of his age. His remains were deposited in a vault 

 near the West end of the cathredral of Upsal, where 

 a monument of Swedish porphyry was erected by 

 his pupils. His obsequies were performed in the 

 most respectful manner, by the whole university — the 

 pall being supported by sixteen doctors of physic, all 

 of whom had been his pupils. A general mourning 

 took place on the occasion at Upsal. His sovereign 

 Gustavus III, commanded a medal to be struck, ex- 

 pressive of the public loss. 



The Linnaen society of London was founded ten 

 years after his death, and this appellation was given 

 as the museum of Linne* had fallen into the hands of 

 the late Sir J. E. Smith, the original projector of the 

 society and of which he remained president untill his 

 decease : the whole of the collection is now in pos- 

 session of the society, being purchased by them from 



