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Herculean and dangerous enterprizc. Nevertheless there was a young 

 man whose courageous zeal was bent upon this expedition. 



His name was Frederick Hasselquist, then a student, and af- 

 terwards doSor of physic» The lively representations of Linn /e us, 

 and the obvious importance of the voyage itself, soon rendered it an 

 object of patriotic concern. There being no fund arising from the li- 

 berality of the crown, private colleftions were made, which poured in 

 very copiously, especially from the province of East Gothland, the 

 native country of the young traveller. All the faculties of the univer- 

 sity of Upsal also granted him a stipend. 



Thus protefted, he commenced his journey in the summer of 1749. 

 By the interference of Lagerstroem, he had a free passage to Sviyrna, 

 in one of the Swedish East Indiamen. He arrived there at the con- 

 clusion of the year, and was received in the most friendly manner by 

 Mr. A. Rydel, the Swedish Consul. In the beginning of 1750 he 

 set out for Egypt, and remained nine months at Cairo the capital. 

 Hence he sent to Li nn^us and to the learned societies of his country, 

 some specimens of his researches. They were published in the public 

 papers, and met with the greatest approbation, and upon the propo- 

 sition of Dean Baeck and Dr. Wargentin, Secretary of tlie Royal 

 Academy of Sciences, a colleftion of upwards of 10,000 dollars in 

 copper-money was made for the continuance of the travels of young 

 Hasselquist. Counsellors Lacerstroeim and Nordencrantz-, 

 were the most aftive in raising subscriptions at StockJiohn and Gothcn- 

 hurgh. In the spring of 1751, he repaired to his destination, and 

 passed through Jaffa io Jerusalem, Jcncho, Sec. He returned afterwards 

 through Rhodus and S^io to Smyrna. Thus he fulfilled all the ex- 

 o peclatiois. 



