V 
Dr. H ASSELQ_UIST. 
in his own country. The Faculty of Phyficians 
propofed him as Profeflbr extraordinary of Phyfic 
to the vacant place, and the Royal Academies at 
Upfala and Stockholm chofe him a Member of 
their Societies-, he made himfelf worthy of thefe 
honours, by the excellent Obfervations, which he 
lent to both Societies, which are printed in their 
Tranfadtions. In thofe of Upfala for the year 1750, 
are inferted his Obfervations and Treatifes on the 
Egyptian Acacia , which affords the Gum Arabic, 
page 9. The Camel-Deer , p. 15. The Jumping 
Moufe , p. 17. The Oriental Lhrufh, p. 21. The 
Cocte , p. 22. The Viper of the Shops, p. 24. The 
horned Viper , p. 27. The horned Snake, p. 28. 
The Seine , p. 30, and in the tranfaftions of Stock- 
holm for 1750. The Endemical Difeafe of Aleppo , 
p. 136. 1751. The Hawk, p. 196. The prepa- 
ration of Sal Ammoniac, p. 259. 1752. The Locujls , 
being ufed for food in Arabia, p. 76. The moun- 
tain Rat, p. 123. It was furprifing to fee how 
anxious the nation was to fupportDr. Haffdquift, 
when he lived in an expenfive place, where he 
could not advance a ftep without confiderable 
charges, and wanted money to accomplifh his de- 
fign. The lovers of Science contributed feveral 
times, and raifed in a very fhort time about one 
hundred and ninety pounds ; an inftance, fcarcely 
to be met with amongft the mofl: opulent nations. 
Dr. Hasselquist at length left Cairo in 
March 1751, and went over Damiata, Jaffa, and 
the Holy Land. Hence he travelled to Jerufalem 
with the Pilgrims who intended to celebrate their 
Eafter there; and thence he went to Jericho, Jordan, 
Bethlehem, Acra , Nazareth, Liberias, Cana, Galilee, 
Lyre, Sidon -, thence he failed over to Cyprus, Rhodes, 
Chio, and arrived fafe at Smyrna, laden with an 
incre- 
