TRAVELLING PUPILS OF LINN/EUS. 
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“ Clusius, an enthusiast equally unfortunate, was thrown into irons, 
“and robbed of all his treasures in Barbary, Guillandini was 
“ taken by pirates; the Dutch Consul Rumf died blind in the island 
« of Amboyna , where he preferred his toils to all the wealth of the uni- 
“ verse; Lippi was murdered in the wilds of ^Ethiopia ; Steller 
« fell a vidlim to his exertions in Siberia-, Gmelin was thrown into 
“ a dungeon by the Tartars; Lowitz impaled; Scheuchzer left all 
« the conveniences of life to gather grasses, exposed a thousand 
“ dangers, on the Alps-, Tournefort exchanged the luxuries of Paris 
“ to range through the wilds of Turkey-, a Banks, a Forster, and 
“ other cotemporaries are equal to, nay they excel Tournefort in 
“ point of enthusiasm ; because they exchanged smiling fortune at home 
« with the threatenining dangers of foreign climes, in barbarous and 
‘'unknown regions; Rudbeck lost his colle&ions in the fire of 
“ Upsal , and died of a broken heart; Plumier suffered shipwreck; 
« Bannister was hurled headlong down a rock in Virginia-, Barelli, 
“ Miciieli, Don ati, Vaillant and others, without number, fell a 
« sacrifice to their scientific exertions in natural history.” 
The pupils of Linn<eus augmented the number of vi&ims of science. 
We shall begin with those whose ill-fated career deserves most to be 
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lamented. 
Sweden stands indebted to Count Tessin for the preservation of the 
great professor at Upsal-, likewise for the numerous peregiinations of 
his pupils. The patriotic disposition of many of his fellow-citizens, 
imitated afterwards his example. He reque sted of the Swedish East- 
India Company at Gothenburg h, to let every year a young naturalist 
make a voyage to India in their ships, free from expence; a request 
made 
