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Such were Mejjerchmtdius^ Bmhaum^ Gmelin^ the 

 laft of whom fojourned in Siberia from 1733 to 

 1743. Krafcheninnikow^ Martin^ S teller, Amman, 

 and others. He then recites, from the Mufeum 

 Petropolitanum, a lift of zoological fubje(5ls for 

 further inveftigation, which, although natives of 

 Rujfia and Siberia^ are yet very imperfectly known. 

 He endeavours to perfuade his countrymen to the 

 <:ulture of a number of ufeful vegetables, by pre- 

 fenting them with a long catalogue of exotics, that 

 have been in fome fort naturalized at Abo in Fin- 

 land, under the care of ProfefTor Kalm. His trad 

 concludes with a lift of plants which are natives of 

 Siberia^ extraded from the MS S. of Heinzellmanny 

 Gerber, Lerche, and Schober-y all which MSS. were 

 in the hands of Linn2^:us. A figure of a fpecious 

 Siberian plant accompanies this trad. It is the\ 

 Fumaria Spe^abilis^ Sp. PI p. 933. 



149. Rariora Norwegi^. H. Tonning^ 1768. 



The pen of a learned, ingenious, and fkilful 

 naturalift is vifible in this agreeable fpecimen of 

 natural hiftory. The writer firft traces the origin 

 of the fcience among the DaneSy whofe monarchs 

 have lately been its celebrated patrons. Among 

 the principal modern writers ftands Gunner, the 

 late Biftiop of Dronthem, who, to the higheft merit 

 in his facred profefTion, alfo added an exquifite 

 tafte for natural hiftory, and a confummate know- 

 ledge in that fcience, as his writings fully teftify. 

 Neither is Mr. J. Strom forgotten, who publiflied, 

 in 17623 a natural hiftory of Sondmorc^ in the diocefe 



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