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LINNAEUS IN 1734 AND I735. 
his own part he chose to be their governor, to superintend the whole 
enterprise, and to take care that every body discharged the functions 
of the office allotted him. 
Nahemann, the first companion, who had made himself known by a 
good dissertation on the Darlecarlian language, ( de Lingua Dalecarlica) 
was to aCt as geographer, to give an accurate description of all the 
villages, moi ‘ ., lakes, rivers, roads and districts, &c. to say morn- 
ing and evening prayers, and to preach on Sundays. 
Clewberc, the second companion, as naturalist, was to make ob- 
servations on the four elements ; such as on the quality of the water, 
on mineral springs, on sources, on the snow which never melts in the 
Alps in summer, on the height of the mountains, the weather, the fruit- 
fulness or sterility of soil, &c. &c. He was also charged with digesting, 
as secretary, the transactions of the society in a proper written form. 
Fahlstedt, the third companion, as Metallist (Metallurgies), besides 
collecting stones, minerals, earths, all kind of petrifactions, &c. &c. 
was further employed as groom, to saddle, water and attend the 
horses. 
StohLberg, an able student of physic, as botanist or herbalist 
was to examine and to preserve as well as possible, all the trees, plants, 
herbs, grasses, and fungi, which occurred to his view. lie was 
moreover appointed to precede the company as a quaitei-mastei, to 
procure them good lodgings, and to provide every necessary for their 
reception. 
To Emporelius, the fifth companion was assigned the office of 
Zoologist, to describe and dcpiCt the quadrupeds and all the animals 
living as well in the water as on the land, such as fishes, birds, worms, &c. 
His 
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