PREFACE. 



be waved, as the admirable Linn^us 

 has displayed them at large in an oration,* 

 which for masterly reasoning, and happy 

 ingenuity, may vie with the best compo- 

 sitions. 



Yet, as that great naturalist has, in the 

 same tract, published an eulogium on 

 Sweden; and as an incitement to his 

 countrymen to apply themselves to the 

 study of nature, enumerated the natural 

 productions of that kingdom ; we shall 

 here attempt a parallel, and point out 

 to the British reader, his native riches ; 

 many of which were probably unknown 

 to him, or perhaps slightly regarded. 



Do the heights of Torsburg, or Swucku r 

 afford more instruction to the naturalist 

 than the mountains of Cumberland, or 

 Caernarvonshire ? whose sides are covered 

 with a rich variety of uncommon vegeta- 

 bles, while their bowels are replete with 

 the most useful minerals. The Derby- 

 shire hills, abounding in all the magni- 



* Amcen. Acad. Tom. II. p. 409. StillingfieeV s Swedish 

 Tracts, Tr. 1 . 



