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SECTION VII. 



RESIDENCE OF LINN/EUS AT STOCKHOLM.— BEGINNING 

 OF HIS ACADEMICAL LIFE AT UPSAL, &c. 



LINNitUS RETURNS TO SWEDEN.— SETTLES AT STOCKHOLM.— IS RIDICULED AND 

 CALUMNI'\TED.— BEGINS TO PRACTICE PHYSIC— UNPLEASANTNESS OF HIS SI- 

 TUATION.— HALLER OBTAINS FOR HIM THE PROFESSORSHIP OF BOTANY AT 

 THE UNIVERSITY OF GOETTINGE N.— THE BARON'S LETTER TO LINN^US.— 

 ANSWER MADE. BY LINN.^LUS.— HAPPY TURN OF HIS FATE.— COUNT TESSIN BE- 

 COMES HIS PROTECTOR.— THE CURE OF THE COl GH MAKES HIS FORTUNE.— 

 ANECDOTE.— IS APPOINTED PHYSICIAN TO THE ADMIRALTY AND BOTANIST 

 TO THE KING.— JOINS IN WEDLOCK WITH MISS MO R^US.— FOUND ATION OF 

 THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF STOCKHOLM.— HIS CONCERN IN THIS INSTITU- 

 TION.— IS ELECTED FIRST PRESIDENT.— HIS SPEECH ON HIS RESIGNATION OF 

 THE PRESIDENCY.— OTHER LEARNED LABOURS.— DEATH OF OLAUS RUDBECK 

 AT UPSAL.— LINN^US ENDEAVOURS TO SUCCEED HIM, BUT TO NO PURPOSE.— 

 HIS JOURNEY TO THE ISLANDS OF OELAND AND GOTHLAND.— PROFESSOR 

 ROBERG AT UPSAL RESIGNS.— LI NN^US SUCCEEDS HIM.— HIS SPEECH OF IN- 

 AUGURATION.— EXCHANGES HIS FUNCTIONS AS PRO^^ESsOR OF ANATOMY FOR 

 THE PROFESSORSHIP OF BOTANY.- BIRTH OF HIS SON CHARLES.— GOES TO 

 UPSAL.— BOTANICAL GARDEN, ITS BAD STATE, ITS TOTAL AMELIORATION 

 AND DESCRIPTION.— THE GARDEN IS BEAUTIFIED AND ENLARGED IN OUR 

 TIME.— LETTER OF DONATION SENT BY GUSTAVUS III. LATE KING OF SWE- 

 DEN.— HONOURABLE MENTION OF LINN^US IN THAT LETTER.— FRESH AC- 

 COUNT OF THE BOTANICAL GARDEN AT UPSAL.— COLLECTION OF. FOREIGN 

 TREASURES.— FLOURISHING STATE OF THAT GARDEN UNDER DERRICK NIET- 

 ZEL OF HAMBURGH, GARDNER UNDER LINN^US.— CELEBRITY OF THE UNI- 

 VERSITY OF UPSAL.— FOREIGN PI. PILS OF LINN^US — ESTABLISHMENT OF A 

 CABINET OF NATURAL HISTORY.— PRESENTS.— LECTURES OF LINN^US — MORE 

 LEARNED LABOURS.— HE PUBLISHES HERMANN'S HERB AL.— TRAVELS THROUGH 

 WEST-GOTHLAND AND SCHOENENT, OR SCANIA.— FLORA AND FAUNA SUECI- 

 CA.— LINN.EUS IS ELECTED MEMBER OF THE ACADt-MIES OF MONTPELLIER, 

 TOULOUSE AND BERLIN.— SEVERAL MEDALS STRUCK BY THE SWEDISH GRAN- 

 DEES IN HONOUR OF LINN.EUS.— MEDAL OF COUNT TESSIN —IS APPOINTED ' 

 DEAN OR PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE OI PHYSICIANS.— MOTIVES OF HIS 

 PREFERMENT.— DEATH OF THE FATHER OF LINN^US. 



After an absence of three years and an half, Linn/EUs returned 

 to his country, and reached Stockholm., in September 1738. The 

 thought of his arrival made his heart vibrate with the utmost joy. He 



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