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by his Syftema Nature, of whicfi a fixth edition,' 

 much enlarged, had been publifhed at Stockholm^ 

 in 1748, in 8°, pp. 232, with eight tables, expla- 

 natory of the claffes and orders ; and which was 

 alfo republifhed by Gronovius at Leyden ; had 

 brought, as it were, a conflux of every thing rare 

 and valuable in every branch of nature, from all 

 parts of the globe, into Sweden. The king and 

 queen of Sweden had their feparate colle61;ions of 

 rarities ; the former at Ulrickfdahl^ as hath juft 

 been mentioned ; the latter, very rich in exotic 

 infedls and fhells, procured at a great expence, at 

 the palace of Drottningholm. Thefe our author 

 was employed in arranging and defcribing. Be- 

 fides thefe, the mufeum of the royal academy of 

 Upfd had been augmented by a confiderable do- 

 nation from the king, whilft hereditary prince, in 

 1 746 i by another, from Count Gyllenhor^^ the year 

 before ; by a third, from M, Grill, an opulent 

 citizen of Stockholm, The contents of thefe three 

 colledions are given in the firli volume of the 

 Amcenitates Academics. We mention them here 

 only to fliew that Linn^us now began to enjoy 

 ample refources in every branch of natural hiftory 

 at home ; befides that many ingenious men, who 

 had been educated under him5 were now difperfed 

 into various quarters of the globe \ and that 

 from their letters he received great intelligence 

 and fatisfadion. Seeds and fpecimens of plants 

 were fent him from Siberia, by Gmelin from 

 America^ by Dr. Mitchel and Governor Coldin^ham | 

 from England, by Mr. Collinson-, Mr» Ellis-, as alfo 

 from his friends in Holland^ and various other parts 



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