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sian empire, in the late war, were exchanged in 1790, and at li- 
berty to return to their country through St. Petersburgh , they met with 
the greatest support and encouragement, especially on the part of De- 
mi doff, who resided in that metropolis, and exerted himself by render- 
ing every service to those unfortunate Swedish warriors, whose gallantry 
he esteemed, and of whose country he still retained the most grateful 
remembrance. 
The salary which Linnaeus enjoyed, the property which he had ac- 
quired by his marriage, and the presents which were sent him by 
his pupils and admirers, made him one of the richest and most monied 
among the professors and inhabitants of Upsal. His annual stipend 
amounted to seven hundred platens or florins. To these may be added 
one hundred tons of corn and about twenty tons more, which were the 
produce of a prebendary estate ; making altogether an annual income 
of about live hundred Swedish rix dollars, sometimes more and some' 
times less, according to the price of the corn. During the latter part of 
his life the late King allowed him a double salary*. To these resources 
ought also to be joined the produce of his numerous writings, of which 
Laurence Saevius, a man of merit at Stockholm , was generally the 
editor, and by the care of the same person the first literary journal was 
introduced in Sweden in 1745, under the title of Larda Tidningar „ 
* The Chevalier Thunberc thus expresses himself in a letter to the author from Upsal , 
u Professio Botanices quotannis Linn^eo hosce suppeditavit reditus: Frumenti ioo,utvocant 
“ 1 0sinas , et argenti 700 ( platar J florenos, reditus villa; dicta: P rabai dehem man , circiter 
“ 20 tonnas frumenti, quod quidem censeri potest circiter 500 Rdal Suec. plus aut minus, 
“ prout frumentum quotannis majori vel minori pretio vendebatur : ultimis tamen annis, ex 
“ augustissimi regis gratia, in duplo Linn a us fruitusest hocce salario.” 
•'Reditus,” says Professor Thunberg, in another letter to the author, Professions 
" Botanices prater ades publicas censentur circa 500 Imperiales Suec.” 
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