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interview: ‘' He bid me a sorrowful adieu, as I 
kissed his hand in token of respect. Boerhaave 
put my hand to his lips in return, and addressed 
me in these impressive words: ‘I have lived my 
time, and my days are at an end; I have done 
thee if expects more. Farewell, my dear 
us.’ ”) 
anxious to behold. By means of letters from the 
Professors of the University of Leyden he was 
introduced to Jussieu; he received every atten- 
tion, and was shown all the stoves, conservatories 
and museum of the ‘‘ Jardin des Plantes,’’ and 
and made acquainted with men of science. 
Royal ‘‘ Academie des Sciences’’ paid him the 
very high compliment of electing him a corre- 
sponding member, and importuned him to remain 
in France. After an absence of nearly three 
years he embarked at Rouen for Sweden by sea, 
having in his absence improved his knowledge of 
Natural History, particularly botany, and with 
the assistance of liberal patrons published many 
of his works. Returned to Sweden he practiced 
lish an Academy of Sciences, and in conjunction 
with Baron Hopken a society Of some note was 
instituted, the presidency of which devolved 
upon himself. This was the origin of the present 
