218 LINNiEUS. 



SECTION III. 



Studies, Adventures, and Travels of LinncEus, from 

 1733(^0 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 Natui-ae, and waits upon Boerhaave — Goes to Am- 

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

 Is employed by Cliftort, publishes various Botanical Works — 

 Gk)es to England, visits Sir Hans Sloane, Miller, and Dillenius 

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

 den, and resides with Van Royen — 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 

 Sweden after an Absence of Three Years and a Half. 



On returning to Upsal, Linnaeus was elected a 

 member of the Royal Academy of Sciences ; but this 

 distinction was the only reward which he obtained 

 for having undergone so many fatigues, excepting 

 a small bursary, of which he was soon deprived. 

 Now, however, he expected a more favourable re- 

 ception in society, and in 1733 began to give pub- 

 lic lectures on botany, chemistry, and mineralogy. 

 Unfortunately for his success, he had not yet taken 

 his degree, — a circumstance which legally disquali- 



