404 ACCOUNTS RESPECTING LINNAEUS. 
and to explain to the Prince, especially the opal of Nonnius, and that 
most rare one, which Cronsxedt, the Swedish mineralogist, describes 
to be of a brown and of a blood red colour, made his Highness desire 
me to give Linnaus some account of the above interesting and cu- 
rious opal. 
I obeyed the Prince’s command with the greatest pleasure, gave 
Linnaus the desired account, and sent him at the same time some 
cuiious gems. He thanked me for my present in a most obliging letter, 
which I received June 24, 1771 * Long had I felt a wish of getting 
acquainted with that great man. My mineralogical tours to the forest 
Harzwald , through Saxony , Holland, France, &c. precluded me however 
from gratifying that wish. In 1775 I went to Copenhagen, where I had 
formerly passed a few weeks with great utility and delight. On the 20th 
of September I took my departure from that capital in company of a 
a Swedish literatus, with whom I made acquaintance at the house of the 
Swedish ambassador; repaired to Lund, where I saw the botanical garden 
and every thing that was remarkable, and reached Stockholm at the end 
of the same month. During my abode in Sweden I visited the villa of 
Tdreso, belonging to Count Scheffer, who received me with un- 
bounded kindness and cordiality. The late King, to whom I had been 
presented at Hamburgh, while Prince Royal, had ascended the throne, 
and was just then on a tour through the Swedish provinces. I had 
*-h‘ pleasure,’ said Count Scheffer, “to introduce you to his Ma- 
“ J est y as Prince Royal, and you shall not go hence before I shall also 
“ have introduced you to him as King. Waiting his return, you would 
See the above letter in ColleHio Efist alarm Ca&ou a Linne, &c. Edidit. D. H. 
Stoever, Hamburg ; f 1792. 
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