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describing the plants and other vegetable produ6lions mentioned in the 

 holy scriptures * The late Chevalier Mich ae lis at Goettingen^ whose 

 dogmatic had been formerly confiscated in Sweden, and publicly burnt 

 at Upsal.) was also consulted in this enterprise. 



Among all the learned of the north, Linnaeus had the most exten- 

 sive correspondence throughout Europe, and even in the other parts of 

 the world. None but the greatest men whom this century produced 

 with regard to the sciences, such as Haller, Boeriiaave and Vol- 

 taire could come in competition with him in this particular. Some 

 time before his death he made out a list of those men with whom he 

 used to keep a regular correspondence. Agreeable to this list he cor- 

 responded with the following persons in Germany : The Margravine 

 Carolina Louisa of Baden, Baster, Von Bergen, Breyn and 

 Bruckmann, at ^nmstwzc;^ ; Count Brummer, Burkhard, Buch- 

 NER, and Professor J. A.Gesner at Tubingen ; Professor Gleditsch 

 clBerlin; Baron Haller at Goe/iizn^en} Professor Hebenstreit at 

 Leipsic ; Professors Herrmann and Jacouin at Vienna-, Professor 

 GiESEKE and Doctors J.en isch, Kast, Koelpin and Kohl at Hani- 

 hurgh ; Professor John Lange 2X Halle; Professor JLeske at Leipsic; 

 Lesser, Lehimann, Ludolff and Professor Ludwig of the same 

 place; J. E.Meyer and Dr. Moehring at Yevern; Counsellor Von 

 MuRR at iViwren^er^; Professor Mu rr ay at Goe//!i?z^m ; Baron Otto 

 Von Munchausen, Mylius, Scopoli, and Counsellor Schreber 

 at Erlangen; Spengler and Spreckelsen at Hamburgh; Wagner, 

 Weigel, Weissmann and X. Wulfen. His correspondents in 

 Denmark were, Messrs. Ascanius, Professor Brunnicii, Buch- 



* See S. LONBGM'S Utkast om Svenska Bibel Oefversatingar. Stockh, it: 4., odavo. 



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