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accurately into the various curiofities peculiar to 

 each country. Thefe gentlemen being in Spain^ 

 were invited to dine with Don Carvajal, who acci- 

 dentally aiked them their opinion about Spain ; 

 they anfwered, that its curiofities had by far 

 furpafied their expectation, and that for all this, 

 the remark of Linnaus in his Bibliotheca Bota* 

 nica were ftill true, that the Flora Hlfpanica 

 would turn out as new as it was rich. Don Car* 

 vajal wiftied to fee the Doctor's performance, 

 and having read the p adage, he declared, that 

 Spain mould in a little time be free from fuch a 

 reproach. Mr. More, in his tour through Swe* 

 den, communicated to the Doctor this anecdote, 

 when he vifited the univerfky of Upfala, and 

 thus it became a key to the meiTage of the 

 Marquis de Grimaldi, which had caufed Linnaus 

 fo great an aftonifhment. 



Dr. Linnaus was very happy, as he heard he 

 had leave to felect. out of his pupils, one whom 

 he thought mofc deferving of occupying a place 

 that would be both honourable and profitable : 

 he fixed upon Loefling his favourite ; and though 

 this young man had gone through the ufual ex- 

 ercifes, and was to obtain the degree of Doctor 

 of Phfic in three months tine, he refolved to 

 neglect this honour, and to go on his tour to 

 Spain. In a month's time he was ready, having 



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