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tour to the Royal Society of Sciences at Upsal, obtaining witb diffi- 

 culty a very slight assistance from that body ; he found sonrie 

 resources in giving private instruction in mineralogy and botany, and 

 when in 1734, he set out to visit Dalecarlia, he was accompanied by 

 several of his pupils. One of these, Browall, afterwards bishop of 

 Abo, advised him to look out for a wife of sufficient property to fur- 

 nish him with means; he accordingly solicited in marriage the daugh- 

 ter of Doctor Morseus, who was deemed wealthy, and to his great 

 surprise, as he said, his suit was accepted. It was settled, that the 

 marriage should lake place within three years, and that the interval 

 should be spent in travelling. 



He betook himself to Holland, where he received a doctor's de- 

 gree, and became intimate with the most celebrated naturalists of the 

 time, Gronovius, Van Royen, Burman and Boerhaave ; he astonish- 

 ed them by his knowledge, and his readiness in naming the plants 

 which they presented to him. CliiFort, who had the most beautiful 

 garden in Holland, engaged him to remain with him in order to aid 

 him in its direction, and it was in this magnificent establishment that 

 he enlarged his ideas upon vegetation. He there published many 

 important works, {Hortus Cliffortianus, fyc.) Aided by his pro- 

 tector's generosity, he went into Germany, where he became ac- 

 quainted with Dillenius ; and upon bis return to Holland, at the 

 close of 1736, his reputation was already so great that the Academy 

 of Naturalists, in receiving him into its bosom, gave him the tide of 

 Dioscorides the second. His method was already adopted by the 

 Dutch botanists and publicly taught at Leyden. He then made a 

 tour to Paris, where he became well acquainted with Antoine and 

 Bernard de Jussieu, and where, it appears, some efforts were made 

 to retain him ; but he preferred to return to Sweden, and the ex- 

 treme difficulty with which he spoke foreign languages appeared to 

 have had some influence in this resolution. 



Upon his arrival, he was treated as a stranger, and he who was 

 considered by one part of Europe as the prince of botanists, was 

 unable at first to find either a place in the university or patronage as 

 a physician. He obtained, however, almost by chance, a small place 

 at the School of Mines, and was afterwards appointed physician to 

 the Admiralty; his practice increased so as to yield him nine thou- 

 sand crowns a year. He married, and was appointed professor in 

 conjunction with Valerius, and henceforth was placed in a position 

 worthy of his talents; he devoted himself with renewed zeal to 



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