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Lapland^ was never printed; partly, because he was prevented from pub- 

 lishing it by other occupations; partly, because he did not choose to 

 publish his juvenile observations after he had gained such universal 

 celebrity. His Dalecarlian diary was consulted as a nranuscripL 

 by his pupils, and the botanical remarks were inserted in his own 

 works. A particular fruit of this journey was a list of the pasture 

 herbs, which M'as afterwards prepared for the public eye under the title 

 of Pan Suecus, and inserted in the second part of the Amanitatcs Aca- 

 demiccv. 



LiNN^us, having no prospeft of support at Upsal, remained on 

 his return from this journey, at Fahlun, where he established a little col- 

 lege under the auspices of Baron Reuterholm. He began to give 

 leQures on the art of assaying metals, and upon other branches of mine- 

 ralogy. In a town situated in the mountains, like Fahlun, the novelty of 

 those instructions excited interest. Theory came to the assistance of 

 the near occasion of prattice and experiment, Linnaeus, considering 

 the smallness of the place, found a sufficient number of pupils, and 

 earned applause, money, friends, and proteftors. 



The most interesting and most important connexion which he formed 

 here was with a young lady. It was she who fixed his wavering career, 

 and became afterwards his consort and companion through life. Lin- 

 N.EUS wrote to Baron Haller the history of this connexion and 

 courtship; — and who would not wish to hear it in his own words. 



" Returned from my journey*," says he in this letter, " I took up 

 " my residence at Fahlun, the capital of Dalecaiiia, began to give lec- 



" tures 



* Fa^o itlnere red'ii in pnmariam urbem ist'ius pro'vinc'ite Dalecarl'ite, Fahlunam ; docui 

 mineralogiam, amatus ab omnibus permansi per mensem, F.rat ibi med'uus quern di'vitem 



d'lcere 



