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Herculean and dangerous enterprize. Nevertheless there was a young 
man whose courageous zeal was bent upon this expedition. 
His name was Frederick Hasselquist, then a student, and af- 
terwards doftor of physic. The lively representations of Linn>eus, 
and the obvious importance of the voyage itself, soon rendered it an 
objeft of patriotic concern. There being no fund arising from the li- 
berality of the crown, private collections were made, which poured in 
very copiously, especially from the province of East Gothland , the 
native country of the young traveller. All the faculties of the univer- 
sity of Upsal also granted him a stipend. 
Thus proteaed, he commenced his journey in the summer of 1749. 
By the interference of Lagerstroem, he had a free passage to Smyrna 
in one of the Swedish East Indiamen. He arrived there at the con- 
clusion of the year, and was received in the most friendly manner by 
Mr. A. Rydel, the Swedish Consul. In the beginning of 1750 he 
set out for Egypt, and remained nine months at Cairo the capital. 
Hence he sent to Linnaeus and to the learned societies of his country, 
some specimens of his researches. They were published in the public 
papers, and met with the greatest approbation, and upon the propo- 
sition of Dean Baeck and Dr. Wargentin, Secretary of the Royal 
Academy of Sciences, a colledion of upwards of 10,000 dollars in 
copper-money was made for the continuance of the travels of young 
Hassemjuist. Counsellors Lagerstroem and Nordencran tz, 
were the most aftive in raising subscriptions at Stockholm and Gothen- 
lurgh. In the spring of 1751, he repaired to his destination, and 
passed through Jaffa to Jerusalem, Jericho , &c. He returned afterwards 
through Rhodus and Scio to Smyrna. Thus he fulfilled all the ex- 
pectations 
