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40 years ago. The emulation excited among the 

 ftudents amply rewarded thofe gentlemen for their 

 pains, by the vaft harveft of ufeful information 

 flowing in, particularly on the fubjeds of natural 

 hiftory, from their pupils, now difperfed in every 

 part of the world. Many of thefe young men, 

 after being properly grounded in the principles of 

 phyfic, had, with an ardour which nothing but 

 the ftrongeft love of fcience could infpire, volun- 

 tarily undertaken the moft diftant and perilous 

 voyages, fupp©rted by the munificence of parti- 

 cular patrons or focieties, to gratify their tafte in 

 the purfuits of natural hiftory, and other ufeful 

 knowledge. Several of thefe young men perilh- 

 ed, from change of climate, or various other 

 caufes, and much of the fruit of their labour was 

 loft with them. Such was the fate of I'ernftroem^ 

 at Pulicandor, in 1 745 of Haffelquift^ who went 

 into Mgyp and Palefiine^ and died at Smyrna^ in 

 1752 of Loefling^ who died in Cumana^ in 1756. 

 Of the firft of thefe we have no remains. The 

 papers of Ucjjelquift were redeemed by the queen 

 of Sweden^ and publifhed by Linnaeus, under 

 the title of Iter Pal/estinum, in 1757, in 8*; 

 and thofe of Loefling^ under the title of Iter 

 HisPANicuM, in 1758; to each of which is pre- 

 fixed a ftiort account of the author. We have alfo 

 the fruit of KaMs journey in N. America^ and of the 

 voyage of Ofieck and Toren^ who both went chap- 

 lains to Swedijh Eaft India ftiips. Thefe are here 

 mentioned particularly, as they are all tranflated, 

 and publifhed fince in the Englijh language. We yet 

 deplore the more recent fate ^ of Forjkal^ 2indLhh' 



unfortunate 



