2 3 6 REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES 
Venice , Count Sagramoso, Seguier, Vandelli and Dr. Turra. 
In Turkey , Mordac. M'Kenzie. In America, Barthram, Clay- 
ton, Miss Colden, DoCtor Garden, of South Carolina ; Logan 
Bartch at Surinam ; and Mutts in New Grenada. In Asia , J. G. 
Koenig at Tranquebar ; and Messrs. Rademacher and Nordgreen, 
How much more would this list of one hundred fifty names be in- 
creased, would and could we add to it those persons to whom L i n n ,e u s 
sent single letters from Sweden and other countries, for the sake of 
making enquiries, or for similar purposes. It is to be regretted, that 
the correspondence of Linnaeus, which was solely carried on to pro- 
mote natural history, has not yet been published, at least in a seleCt 
collection. That those letters would prove particularly interesting to 
botanists is a fatt which precludes every doubt. Linnaeus carefully 
preserved his letters, and they are actually in possession of Dr. J. E. 
Smith*. 
A Livonian* who travelled in Sweden in 1771, and visited Upsal on 
purpose that he might see Linnaeus, gives the following account of 
our luminary’s situation at that time, and likewise of his collections : 
“ Sir Charles Linnaeus received me with great complaisance. 
« He led a very bustling and aCtive life; and I never saw him at lei- 
« sure ; even his walks had for their objeCt discoveries in natural his- 
“ tory. His collection of shells was very numerous, and consisted of the 
* “ I have long ago intimated this wish to Dr. Smith, and he flatters me with its gratifi- 
“ cation some day by the following answer which he kindly returned to my letter : “ The 
“letters of Linnaeus," says Dr. Smith, “are about 3000. I projeft a publication of 
“ some of the correspondence some day; but it will require a careful revision before I give 
“ them to the public. I would not imitate the publication of Haller’s letters.’* 
From a Letter of Dr. Smith’s to the Author. 
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