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clered as commendable : " We were three, Kuhn, 

 Zoega, and I, all foreigners. In summer we fol- 

 lowed him into the country. In winter we lived 

 facing his house, and he came to us almost every 

 day in his short red robe-de-chambre, with a green 

 fur cap on his head, and a pipe in his hand. He 

 came for half an hour, but stopped a whole one, and 

 many times two. His conversation on these occa- 

 sions was extremely sprightly and pleasant. It 

 consisted either of anecdotes relative to the learned 

 in his profession with whom he got acquainted in 

 foreign countries, or in clearing up our doubts, or 

 giving us other kinds of instruction. He used to 

 laugh then most heartily, and displayed a serenity 

 and an openness of countenance, which proved how 

 much his soul was susceptible of amity and good 

 fellowship. 



'' Our life was mucli happier when we resided in 

 the country. Our habitation was about half a quar- 

 ter of a league distant from his house at Hammar- 

 by, in a farm-house, where we kept our own furni- 

 ture and other requisites for housekeeping. He 

 rose very early in summer, and mostly about four 

 o'clock. At six he came to us, because his house 

 was then building, breakfasted with us, and gave 

 lectures upon the natural orders of plants as long as 

 he pleased, and generally till about ten o'clock. We 

 then wandered about till twelve upon the adjacent 

 rocks, the productions of which aiforded us plenty 

 of entertainment. In the afternoon we repaired to 

 his garden, and in the evening we usually played at 

 the Swedish game of trisset in company with his 

 wife. 



" On Sundays the whole family usually came to 



