SALE OF THE LINN^AN COLLECTION. 
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il of the colleftion very much. The fossils are numerous, but mostly 
“ bad specimens and in a bad condition. I have also many birds from 
“ the South Seas, with some Indian dresses and weapons, a number of 
“ dried fish, particularly all those sent by Dr. Garden from Carolina, 
“ some seeds of plants, and an Herbarium Surinamense in spirits of wine, 
es and several other things. 
“ The manuscripts are very numerous. All his own works are inter- 
“ leaved, with abundance of notes, especially the Systema Naturae, 
ei Species Plantarum, Materia Medica, Philosopiuca Botanicce, Clavis 
“ Medicines, See. Sc c. I have not yet found the Nemesis Divina ; but I 
“ have a vast number of papers I have not yet perused. I have Iter 
11 Laponicum, Iter Dalccarlicum , and some others; also a Diary of the 
“ Life of Linn je us, in his own hand, for about the thirty first years of 
li lus life. I have also Descriptions Lilionm et Palmarum and Systema 
“ Mammalium, by Linnaeus the son, the first of which I shall probably 
11 publish soon. The letters to Linn.eus are about three thousand. 
“ Young Linn a; us left all his things in such disorder, that I have the 
■ tl utmost difficulty in arranging them, and I every day discover -some.- 
thing I did not before know.” ’ 
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