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During the whole paffage he gave lectures on 

 botany, to his pupils, and made them acquaint- 

 ed with the nie of the Linnasan fyftem ; the 

 Philofophia lotanica was his Syllabus, and the 

 young phyficians feemed to apply very clofely 

 to the ftudy of botany. At his landing the 

 collection of plants and feeds, the examination 

 and defcription of every new object, and the 

 drawings of fuch things, as were either new or 

 not well drawn before, gave fufficient occupa- 

 tion to Loefling and his affirmants. 



During fix months reQdence at Cumana, he 

 made an excurfion through New Barcelona, and 

 the miffions of Piritu, towards the river Guayana, 

 where he continued his obfervations during two 

 or three months ; from thence he travelled to 

 the million of Curoni, and then returned to Cu- 

 mana but he and the whole company fell fick 

 at their return, of a fever or ague, of which 

 he had every day an accefs. This being re- 

 moved, he fell ill again with a tertian, having 

 got wet feet in a marfh. Some time after this 

 was cured, he got again a quotiditn fever, which 

 he could not get rid of for a long while. His 

 chief mewed great care and tendernefs for his 

 health, and defired him abfolutely not to write, 

 till afternoon or in the evening, the only proper 

 time for this bufinefs in thofe hot climates : for 



Loefling 



