OF THE LIFE OF LINN/EUS. 
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don, wjiich will serve toillustrate and to characterize his liberality of 
mind. 
■Upsal, May 2, 1773 *• 
11 Long ago have I been informed, that my countryman Dr. Troil 
li has brought with him your presents, which I so eagerly expended. 
“ He lastly arrived here the day before yesterday, and delivered me 
“ your Synopsis Quadrupedum and your Indian Zoology. I return you 
“ my warmest thanks for each. I will peruse and re-peruse your Sy- 
“ nopsis a thousand times. I find much beauty and utility in it, and 
« will study it thoroughly. After having read the work, I will ask 
“ you many questions, and never prove ungrateful to you. I will 
“ enter into no dispute about methods. Whether nature is Lutheran 
“ Calvinistic, Jewish, or Mahometan is all one to me, and the know- 
“ ledge of the species is the only thing I shall look to. I wish to God 
I could see your other works, especially that on birds, how much 
“ knowledge, which I am still deprived of, might I collect from them! 
“ Your Indian Zoology is a very beautiful work, with excellent 
“ figures of the rarest birds, and with the most accurate descriptions. 
“ Farewell — you’ll hear more from me next time, &c. &c.” 
* Dili audivi, D. Troil secum adduxisse dona tua, quae avidissime expefravi. Redux 
tandem pridie ad nos access'd et mihi obtulit Synopsin tuam of Sudruapeds. (Chester 1771, 
in Svo. with plates) et Zoologiam Indicam ( Lotid . 1769, in fol. with coloured plates). Pro sin- 
gulis grates reddo, quas unquam possirn calidissimas. Synopsin tuam legamet relegam mil- 
lies. Multa in ea occurrent lcctu mihi jucundissima et maxime utilia, quae in succum et san- 
guinem vertam. Perlefto hoc ope re, multa a te quae ram ; nec unquam me ingratum senties. 
Non de methodo disputabo; mihi perinde erit, utrum naturae color sit Lutheranus, Cal- 
vinianus, Judaicus aut Mahometanus: unice notitiam specierum qua; ram. O, utinam vide- 
rem reliqua opera tua, imprimis de avibus; quam multa inde addiscerem, quae etiamnum 
me fugiunt ! tua Indian Zoology perpulchra erat, pulcherrimae figurae rarissimarum certe 
avium, descriptiones ctiam exaftissima. Vale! &c. 
Though 
