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of the ancients, one of the higheft in Afia, which is 
covered with fnow all the year. I fhall have the ho- 
nour of giving an account of the plants I tound 
there, when I fend the bulk of my collection. 
I found alfo infeds there, which had never been 
before difturbed. I daily colled numbers of them ; 
and it is remarkable, that many of them are men- 
tioned in the Fauna Suecica, but fome are peculiar 
to this country. I have the honour of tranlmitting 
a little fly, which I took yefterday in the fruit of a 
fig-tree ; it lies inclofed in the germen of the fe- 
male fig, which it has eaten up. Whether this is 
the infed that ferves afterwards to impregnate the 
fruit, I cannot yet determine. Before I quit this 
place, I fhall endeavour to acquire a clear idea of 
the fig- tree’s infeds; this mud be a Cynips, and 
the fig its Galla ; I have completely defcribed it. 
I have diverted myfelf for fome time with the 
Chamakon and Turtles , to fee their qualities, when 
I had them alive in my chamber. [ fhall in time 
publifh the obfervations I made on them. I wifh 
I had fome of the latter in Upfala to ornament 
your garden •, it is very eafy to get them home 
alive ; I fhall endeavour to accomplifh it. It is 
very amufing to fee how they make love. I have 
got a quantity of the Cornucopia , the rare grafs, 
which you were pleafed to recommend fo much to 
me, to fearch for round Smyrna •, I have likewife 
defcribed it •, and inclofed, fend you fome fpeci- 
mens. I fhall gather the feeds when they are 
ripe, and fend them to the Academical Garden, 
which 1 hope will be the firth that gets this fine 
plant. 
This fhort account how I have employed my 
time, is all I can have the honour to impart to 
you at prefent. I fhall not omit to give you a 
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