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ANECDOTES OP LINNjEUS 
of botany, and by the many and excellent observa- 
tions of his parent which ho found in his manu- 
scripts, must have rendered him a very useful man 
there. The eldest daughter, who married Capt. Yon 
Bergencranz, returned afterwards to her parents, 
and lived constantly in their house. 
“ The merits of Linnaeus in the sciences are un- 
commonly great. He not only enriched them con- 
siderably himself, but formed also a great number 
of pupils of the greatest scientific eminence. He 
found means, partly by the charming method of de- 
livering his lectures, partly by his excursions and 
friendly demeanour, to inspire them with a love of 
Natural History, which they always preserved after- 
wards, and which induced them to undertake long 
and important travels and voyages, and to enrich 
their science at home by valuable tracts and obser- 
vations. But few were those teachers, who had 
the good fortune to form so great a number of dis- 
ciples, who all contributed in some measure to ex- 
tend the limits of their science; and thero is no 
country but Sweden, which ever sent out so many 
travellers to make discoveries in Natural History. — 
Linnaeus was also my teacher, and I acknowledge 
with emotion, how greatly indebted I am to him 
for his lessons and his friendship. 
“ Besides the labour which he bestowed upon 
medicine, especially upon the Materia Medica and 
Pathology, Nature was his principal occupation, 
and proclaimed him also as the first darling of his 
time. Great was he in discerning and arranging 
