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describing the plants and other vegetable productions mentioned in the 
holy scriptures * The late Chevalier Michaelis at Goettingen , whose 
dogmatic had been formerly confiscated in Sweden, and publicly burnt 
at Upsal, was also consulted in this enterprise. 
Among all the learned of the north, Linnaeus had the most exten- 
sive correspondence throughout Europe, and even in the other parts of 
the world. None but the greatest men whom this century produced 
with regard to the sciences, such as Haller, Boerhaave and Vol- 
taire could come in competition with him in this particular. Some 
time before his death he made out a list of those men with whom he 
used to keep a regular correspondence. Agreeable to this list he cor- 
responded with the following persons in Germany : The Margravine 
Carolina Louisa of Baden, Baster, Von Bergen, Breyn and 
BRUCKMANN,.at Bmnswi ck ; Count Brummer, Burkhard, Buch- 
ner, and Professor J. A.Gesner at Tubingen ; Professor Gleditsch 
at Berlin-, Baron Haller at Goettingen-, Professor Hebenstreit at 
Lcipsic ; Professors Herrmann and Jacqu in at Vienna-, Professor 
Giesere and Doftors Janisgh, Kast, Koelpin and Kohl at Ham- 
burgh; Professor John Lange at Halle ; Professor Leske at Leipsic-, 
Lesser, Lehmann, Ludolff and Professor Ludwig of the same 
place; J. E. Meyer and Dr. Moehring at Yevern ; Counsellor Von 
Murr at Nurenberg-, Professor Murray at Goettingen-, Baron Otto 
Von Munchausen, Myhus, Scopoli, and Counsellor Schreber 
at Erlangen ; Spengler and Spreckelsen at Hamburgh ; Wagner, 
Weigel, Weissmann and X. Wulfen. His correspondents m 
Denmark were, Messrs. Ascanius, Professor Brunnich, Buch- 
• See S. Lonbgm’s Utkast om Svenska Bibel Oefversatingar. Siock / j . 17:4, oftavo. 
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