TRAVELLING PUPILS OF LINN^US. 



Spain', in 1758, Anthony Rolandson Martin * explored Spit z- 

 bergen; Uno Von Troil, now Archbishop of Upsal, made a tour 

 to Ireland in 1 J J 2 ; Rothmann to France, •Africa^ 8cc. Fabricius 

 to Norway, England and France; Gieseke to Great Britain and 

 France; Eh r hart through the territories of Brunswick, Hanover, &c. 

 Ferber through Italy and Hungary, besides many whose names would 

 form too long a list to admit of being inserted here. 



The natural history of Sweden, however much Linn.€,us himself 

 had already done for its progress, was remarkably more advanced and 

 enriched by the travels and observations of his pupils. Dr. Solander 

 travelled through Pithea Lapland; Montin in 1759 to Lulea Lapland; 

 FALKand Dr. BERCiusin 1752 to Gothland; Y^ALutoWest Gothland, 

 Sec. Sec. 



Among his foreign pupils there were several Germans whose merits he 

 had most reason to boast. Among them we reckon the following, 

 according to the chronological order in which they studied at Upsal : 



1. Counsellor Schreber at Erlangen, frequented the lectures of 

 LiNNiEus about the years 1759 and 17605 and besides Nicholas 

 Lawrence Burmann, the present professor of botany and physic at 

 Amste7'dam, was the only foreigner who ever lived in the house of Lin- 

 naeus. The latter gave him this charafter : He was as penetrating as 

 my of the pupils I ever had under me. 



2. Professor Fabricius at Kiel, studied at Upsal 1762 till 1764, 

 with the late Danish counsellor of state Zoega, who died in the year 

 1788, LiNNxus said of them: If Fabricius comes to me with an 



* He died at Upsal a5 professor of anatomy, Sept ro, 1785. 



If 



