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LINN^US. 



The first of his pupils that embraced the oppor- 

 tunity presented by the Swedish East India Com- 

 pany, was a young man named Ternstroem^ who 

 in 1745 embarked for China. He died^ however, at 

 Pulicandor, before reaching the place of which he 

 had intended to describe the productions, and there- 

 by to secure for himself a scientific immortality. 



In the summer of 1749, Frederick Hassel 

 QUI ST, another of his students, was induced by his 

 representations to undertake a voyage to Smyrna, 

 for the purpose of examining the natural treasures 

 of Palestine. Private contributions were made 

 to defray the expense of his journey, and a free 

 passage was given in an East Indiaman. Next 

 year he continued his course to Egypt, where he re- 

 mained nine months, surveying the pyramids and 

 other remarkable objects, and collecting all the in- 

 formation that he could obtain respecting minerals, 

 plants, and animals. He communicated the result 

 of his labours to his friends at home, and was admit- 

 ted a member of the Royal Society of Upsal, and of 

 the Stockholm Academy of Sciences. In March 1751, 

 he left Cairo, and taking the route of Jaffa, travelled 

 with a caravan of pilgrims to Jerusalem, where he 

 remained some time. He then visited the river 

 Jordan, Mount Tabor, Jericho, Bethlehem, Tyre, 

 and Sidon, and embarked for Smyrna, where he 

 arrived with a great variety of specimens illustrative 

 of natural history, as also with a valuable selection 

 of Arabic manuscripts, coins, and mummies. He 

 was preparing to return to his native country, to 

 enjoy the fruit of his toils, when he was seized 

 with a violent affection of the lungs, the pretlispo- 

 sition to which existed before he left Sweden, and 



