198 ON LETTRKS FROM DANISH AND NORWEGIAN NATFBALISTS. 



each other thoroughly ; and their correspondence bears strong 

 testimony of their mutual esteem and sympathy. 



8. Lorenz Spengler, the widely known collector of shells, whose 

 collection, containing a great number of types, is still preserved 

 at Copenhagen. (Four letters.) 



9 and 10. Hans Strom and I. E. Gunnerus, Bishop of Throndhjem, 

 able and industrious observers of nature in Norway and authors 

 of many, for their time, valuable papers. (One and five letters.) 



11. O. F. Muller, the author of ' Zoologia Danica ' and so many 

 other distinguished works. Like Briinnich, he knew Linnaeus 

 only by correspondence ; but it is noticeable that the latter 

 never entered into so cordial relations with him as with Briin- 

 nich. (Fifteen letters.) 



12. Joh. Chr. Fabricius, the great entomologist and the ablest 

 of Linnseus's personal disciples. Amongst the twelve letters in 

 this collection is also the one (without date, but from other 

 sources known to have been written in 1766) in which he sub- 

 mits to Linnaeus his new method of analyzing and classifying 

 insects. 



13. Jolian Zoega, a botanist of great ability, but who unfortu- 

 nately was compelled from various circumstances to abandon na- 

 tural science and enter on an administrative career. In this he 

 distinguished himself greatly ; but natural history sustained a 

 severe loss. He studied at Upgala together with his cousin, Joh. 

 Chr. Fabricius ; and it is recorded that Linnseus once said , 

 *' When I see Fabricius with an insect, and Zoega with a moss, 

 I take off my hat and salute my masters." The twenty-six 

 letters from his pen contain a great mass of valuable personal and 

 scientific details. 



14. Ilartin VaM, the celebrated author of the ' Symbolse Bota- 

 nicse,' ' Eclogae Americanae,' &c., himself a devoted personal dis- 

 ciple of Linnseus. (One letter.) Besides these, there are letters 

 from the statesman J. H. E. Bernstorff, the historian Suhm, and 

 other men of fame. 



The correspondents of Linnseus very frequi^ntly seat him de- 

 scriptions and annotations of plants and animals ; and many 

 entries and alterations in tlie various editions of the ' Systema 



