302 THE LIFE OF THE YOUNGER LINNAEUS. 



with whom he had got acquainted at London, where he had resided a con- 

 siderable time longer than Linnaeus, to study ichthyology, in which he 

 almost rivalled the greatness of the ill-fated Arte di. — The habit of in- 

 timacy which he had contratled with M. Brousson et, the letters of re- 

 commendation from his acquaintance at London, and much more the cele- 

 brity and veneration of his father's name, also ensured to him the most 

 hearty and most cordial reception there, on the part of all those per- 

 sons who felt it an interest to converse with him, and especially on the 

 part of all the lovers of botany, and of the proprietors of natural col- 

 l€8;ions. 



Among these were the Duke D'Enghien, the Duke de 

 Chaulnes, the Duke de Noailles, Marshal of France, Messrs. 

 D'AuBENTON, Brisson, D e s f o n t A I n e s, Geoffroi, GuETTARDj 

 L'Heritier, the younger de Jussieu, de la Marque, Males- 

 herbes, Mauduit, le Monnier, Thou in, &:c. &:c. 



Louis XVL the late King of France, thought it worthy of his 

 greatness to give him a proof of his royal munificence. He made 

 LiNNyEus a present of the splendid colleftion of plants engraved at 

 his Majesty's own expence (Recueil des Plantes, Gravees 

 PAR Ordre du Roi), consisting of three large folios, with 500 

 copper-plates. He had the satisfaction of first learning personally the 

 greatness of the celebrity of his deceased parent, by the universal re- 

 spe6l paid to him by foreigners. 



Li nnjE us having spent the winter 2X Pari!,, amidst a circle of the 

 most seleft acquaintance, took his departure in the spring of 1782, for 

 Holland,—-ihe country where his father had first founded his reputation. 

 He visited Cliffort's botanical garden Sit Harkcam^, not without the 



greatest 



