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greatest emotion, nor without the Uveliest renewal of his father's re- 

 membrance. At the Hague he saw every thing which could interest a 

 man of his profession, especially the cabinet of natural history of the 

 Hereditary Prince Stadtholder, the botanical garden of Pro- 

 fessor Schwen ke, the coUeftion of shells of M. Lyonett, &c. At 

 Leyden he likewise took a view of all that deserved his notice, and 

 having met with the kindest and most friendly treatment on the part of 

 Professors Van Royen and All am and, he repaired to Ainstcrdam.. 

 Here^he found an old personal acquaintance and fellow-student in Pro- 

 fessor BuRMANN, who did every thing to render his stay pleasant, and 

 introduced him to all the lovers and colleftors of natural curiosities, 

 especially to Houttyn, Vander Meulen, &c. Sec. Linnaeus 

 amassed here, as he had done in England and France, considerable 

 treasures for his herbarium. 



Having thus gratified his ardent love and desire of knowledge, he 

 set out by Utrecht through Westphalia and Lower Saxony,, on his return 

 to Sweden. The first German city in which he stopped after having 

 left Holland.) was Hamburgh. Here he found Dr. Gieseke, Dr. 

 Gruno, and many other personal friends and acquaintance ; he saw the 

 principal museums, the colle6lion of shells of Dr. Bolten and many 

 others. He also made acquaintance with several celebrated literati,, 

 amongst others, with Dr. Reimarus and professor Schutz, After 

 having ^pent about eighteen days at Hamburgh in a very pleasant man- 

 ner, he continued his route to Stockholm. He particularly direftcd 

 his way to Kiel, that he might pay a visit to his celebrated friend, 

 professor Fabricius, whom he had the pleasure of meeting with in the 

 preceding year at London. In the house of the greatest entomologist, 



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