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THE LIFE OF THE YOUNGER LINNAEUS. 
with whom he had got acquainted at London , where he had resided a con- 
siderable time longer than Linnaius, to study ichthyology, in which he 
almost rivalled the greatness of the ill-fated Ak ted i. — T he habit of in- 
timacy which he had contracted with M. Bkoussonet, the letters of re- 
commendation from his acquaintance at London, and much more the cele- 
brity and veneration of his father’s name, also ensured to him the most 
hearty and most cordial reception there, on the part of all those per- 
sons who felt it an interest to converse with him, and especially on the 
part of all the lovers of botany, and of the proprietors of natural col- 
lections. 
Among these were the Duke D’Enchien, the Duke de 
Chaulnes, the Duke de Noailles, Marshal of France , Messrs. 
D’Aubenton, Brisson, Desfontaines, Geoffroi, Guettard, 
L’Heritier, the younger de Jussieu, de la Marque, Males- 
HERBES, MaUDUIT, LE MoNNIER, ThOUIN, &C. &C. 
Louis XVI. the late King of France , thought it worthy of his 
greatness to give him a proof of his royal munificence. He made 
Li nn^us a present of the splendid collection of plants engraved at 
his Majesty’s own expence (Recueil des Plantes, Gravies 
par Ordre du Roi), consisting of three large folios, with 500 
copper-plates. He had the satisfaction of first learning personally the 
greatness of the celebrity of his deceased parent, by the universal re- 
speCt paid to him by foreigners. 
Linna:us having spent the winter at Paris, amidst a circle of the 
most seleCt acquaintance, took his departure in the spring of 1782, for 
Holland , — the country where his father had first founded his reputation. 
He visited Clifeort’s botanical garden zt Hartecamp, not without the 
greatest 
