3i6 SALE OF THE LINN^AN COLLECTION. 



" of the colleftion very much. The fossils are numerous, but mostly 

 " bad specimens and in a bad condition. I have also many birds from 

 *' the South Seas, with some Indian dresses and weapons, a number of 



dried fish, particularly all those sent by Dr. Garden from Carolinat 

 " some seeds of plants, and an Herbarium Surinamense in spirits of wine, 

 « and several other things. 



" The manuscripts are very numerous. All his own works are inter- 

 <« leaved, with abundance of notes, especially the Systema Nalurce, 

 « Species Plantaruvii Materia Medica, Philosophica Botanicee, Clavis 

 " Medicince, Sec. &cc. I have not yet found the Nemesis Divina; but I 

 « have a vast number of papers I have not yet perused. I have Iter 

 " Laponicmn, Iter Dalecarlicum, and some others; also a Diary of the 

 *' Life 0/ Linn /E us, in his own hand, for about the thirty first years of 



his life. I have also Descriptiones Liliorum et Palmarum and Systema 

 " Mamvialium, by Linn ^us the son, the first of which I shall probably 

 " publish soon. The letters to Linn-cus are about three thousand. 

 *' Young LiNNyEus left all his things in such disorder, that I have the 

 " utmost difficulty in arranging them, and I every day discover som.e* 

 " thing I did not before know." 



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