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knowledge of which he had devoted the whole diligence of his life, and 
spurned all obstacles. Next day his body is found; Linnaeus in- 
formed of his fate hastens to the spot, and with a torrent of tears 
beholds the inanimate remains of the best of friends, and causes them, 
to be committed to the tomb. 
When Artedi and Linn-eus were at Up sal, they had already reci- 
procally constituted themselves heirs to each others books and manu- 
scripts. LinnjEus was now ready to assert his right, that he might 
rescue, at least, the fame of his deceased friend from oblivion. But the 
landlord of Artedi, at whose house his situation had compelled him 
to contract some small debts, would not deliver up his effe&s, which he 
threatened to sell by public auction. Through the generous liberality 
of Cliffort, the wish of Linnaeus was accomplished. Cuffort 
purchased the manuscripts, and made him a present of them. The 
principal one was the general work on fishes*; which Linnaeus pub- 
lished in 1738. 
« Who could have been more adequate to this task,” says Linnaeus, 
ss in the preface, “ than the man to whom the style, the ideas, and whole 
“ method of Artedi were so familiar? How fortunate shall I deem 
« myself, if I have perpetuated the memory of my deceased friend, and 
- rescued from oblivion a work which is one of the best and most 
« meritorious of its kind. Artedi has rendered his science the most 
« easy, though it is one of the most difficult. May there be more 
H Artedi s to describe the animal reign with similar exaftness !” 
9 Petri Artedi, Sued Medici Ichthyologia, sive opera omnia depiscibus — Edicl. Carol, 
Ejnnaeus, Lugd. Buta-v, 1738, in small quarto. 
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