LINNiEUS IN FRANCE. 107 



It was to his friendship Linnaus stood also indebted for an honour 

 which was so rare and distinguishing for a young foreigner. He was 

 admitted a correspondent member of the French academy of sciences. 

 He left with some reluftance a city where he had enjoyed so much plea- 

 sure and entertainment. He had promised Baron Haller to visit him 

 on his return from thence; but the impatience and constancy of his 

 amorous flame recalled him to his country. After one month's resi- 

 dence in the French metropolis he went on board a ship at Rouen, in 

 which, after a passage of five days, he reached Hehingburg in Scania, 

 whence he set out to Stockholm. 



Never was there a genius of the North who returned from foreign 

 countries to his home, loaded with so many encomiums and laurels. 



p 2 



SECTION 



