TRAVELLING PUPILS OF LINNAEUS, 
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In all those parts of the world, whence the Muses are not entirely 
banished, Linn^us became the modern teacher of natural history. 
His system was equally as well received at Batavia * and Calcutta , as 
at New York and Philadelphia. The friends of nature of all nations 
and all religions did homage to his system. His name and his doc- 
trine became even known among the Mahometans. Bjoernstahl un- 
expectedly experienced the truth of this assertion. While he was at 
Tharapia in Turkey t he saw a Greek in a field, who was walking 
about with a book in his hands. He accosted him, and found with 
astonishment that the book which he held, was no other than the Lin- 
N iE an System of Nature , the edition printed at Halle in 1761. 
The Greek whose name was IDemetrios, informed him, that lie had 
formerly been first physician to the Pacha of Egypt-, that five European 
learned men had been presented to him, among whom there was a bo- 
tanist, with whom he had made several botanical excursions in the en- 
virons of Cairo , where they remained six months ; that this same bo- 
tanist had inspired him with the love of plants, made known to him the 
great man in Europe , (meaning Linnaeus) and had shown him the way to 
colled and preserve plants. — The botanist whom Demetrios alluded 
to was the ill-fated Forskal. 
Not only the remotest quarters of the globe, but also many of the 
European states became the objefts of the travels of the disciples of 
Linnaeus. In 1752 Ma .tin Koehler made a tour through into 
Italy, in 1760 Alstroemer visited the same country, France and 
* At Batavia an extrait of his system was printed with its technology in the Malay 
language. 
f See J. J. Bj.oernstahl’s Letters, vol. iv. Rostock vjSi. 
Spain ; 
