VI 11 LIFE OF KALM. 



from these home journeys were honorably acknowledged 

 by Linnaeus (De Peloria, Ups. 1744). 



In 1744 he went with Baron Bjelke through Russia 

 and part of the Ukrain ; and in 1745 explored the 

 southern half of Vestergothland. 



In 1745, Kalm, still a student, was elected a 

 Ledamot, or Member, of the Swedish Academy of 

 Sciences, and in the following year was appointed 



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Docens in Natural History at the Academy at Abo. 

 In 1747 he was nominated as the first Professor of 

 CEconomie at Abo. 



The same year, at the instance of Baron Bjelke and 

 Linnaeus, he was commissioned by the Government and 

 the Vetenskaps Academi, or Academy of Science, with 

 the joint subsidies of the Universities of Abo and Upsala, 

 and the Manufactur Kontor of the Swedish States, to 

 visit North America, for the purpose of describing the 

 natural productions of that part of the world, and of 

 introducing from thence into Sweden such useful plants 

 as might be expected to thrive in the North of Europe. 

 Kalm himself says in his Preface (p. 7) : — 

 " In the autumn of 1747, after His Majesty had 

 granted me permission to leave my duties, and license 

 to travel abroad on the errands of the Royal Swedish 

 Academy of Science, and after His Majesty had not only 

 given me his own Passport, but also had most graciously 



