12 CONTENTS. 



Distemper among- the Cattle — Returns through East Bothland 

 — Concluding Remarks, Page 204 



SECTION III. 



STUDIES, ADVENTURES, AND TRAVELS OF LINNJEUS, FROM 



1733 TO 1738. 



Linnaeus returns to Upsal — Is prevented from lecturing by Rosen, 

 whom he attempts to assassinate — Accompanies some young 

 Men on an Excursion to Fahlun, where he is introduced to the 

 Governor of the Province, with whose Sons he travels to Nor- 

 way — Returning to Fahlun, he delivers Lectures, falls in Love, 

 is furnished with Money by his Mistress, and prepares to go 

 Abroad for his Degree — He visits Hamburg, detects an Impos- 

 ture there, and is obliged to make his Escape — Obtains his De- 

 gree at Harderwyk — Proceeds to Leyden, where he publishes 

 his Systema Naturae, and waits upon Boerhaave — Goes to Am- 

 sterdam, is kindly received by Burmann, and lodges with him — 

 Is employed by Cliffort, publishes various Botanical Works — 

 Goes to England, visits Sir Hans Sloane, Miller, and Dillenius 

 — Returns to Holland, publishes several Works — Goes to Ley- 

 den, and resides with Van Roy en — Publishes the Ichthyologia 

 of Artedi, who was drowned in Amsterdam — Becomes melan- 

 choly, and falls into a violent Fever — On his Recovery goes to 

 Paris, where he is kindly received by the Jussieus — Returns to 

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SECTION IV. 



PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF LINN.^US FROM 1738 

 TO 1741. 



Linnaeus is treated with Neglect at Stockholm— Is offered a Bota- 

 nical Professorship at Gottingen, but prefers remaining in Swe- 

 den — His medical Practice is at length extended — He prescribes 

 for the Queen, and becomes acquainted with Count Tessin, wlio 



