HONOURS PAID TO THE 
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well expressed on this medal. The bear, a noble Northern animal, 
the fittest to represent him, — lies quite in a tranquil position, casting 
a steady look upon the Linn^a, and without seeming to take the 
least notice of the jumps and teazing of the monkey. Around this em- 
blem we see these words inscribed : 
— " JDeam luElus angit amis si” 
•— The goddess vents her grief at his loss.” 
The following words succeed immediately below the former: 
POST OBITUM, 
UPSAUZE. DIE X, JANUAR. M.D.CC.LXXVIII. 
REGE JUBENTE. 
After his death at Upsal, January 10, 1778, by the King’s command.— 
This medal is of the 17th size. 
About seven years after, the great Gustavus conferred a fresh 
honour upon the manes of Linnaeus. His name was then perpetuated 
in the most distinguished manner, in the annals of the University of 
Ufisal) of which he had been the boast and glory for thirty-seven 
years. When the late King came in 1787 to lay the foundation-stone 
to the edifice of the new botanical garden in that city, the above 
medal struck in honour of Linn^us was deposited within the stone, 
along with some Swedish coins and medals relative to the King’s coro- 
nation, and to his administration as Chancellor of the University. 1 his 
dignity devolved on his accession to the throne to the present King, 
then Prince Royal. His Majesty ordered the following inscription to 
be engraved upon the copper sheet — which contained the coins , 
GUSTAVUS 
