MEMOIB OF LINNJEUS. 
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est hospitality and kindness to a stranger. In the 
journey, he travelled over the greater part of Lapland, 
skirting the boundaries of Norway, and returned to Up. 
sala by the Gulf of Bothnia, having passed over an 
extent of above 4000 miles. He considered his labour 
amply remunerated by the information he had gained, 
and the discovery of new plants upon the higher 
mountains, with the payment of his expenses, amount- 
ing to about L.10. 
Upon his return, he arranged all the plants accord- 
ing to his own yet embryo system, and delivered 
publicly an account of his journey, with a detailed 
description of the natural productions. This was the 
foundation of a work which he composed under the title 
of Lachesis Lapponica, and which remained unknown 
until after the purchase of his collections, by Sir J. E. 
Smith. By the exertions of that gentleman, it was 
translated, and published in two 8vo volumes ; it is a 
work well worthy of perusal, and shows the industry 
and ardour which were exerted in the undertaking. 
Previous to commencing his Lapland journey he had 
relinquished his botanical lectures, and on his return 
wished to give a course upon mineralogy, to the study 
of which he had lately applied himself. His financial 
concerns were also far from prosperous. The course 
was commenced, and many pupils obtained, but by 
the jealousy of other lecturers at his rising fame, it 
was put a stop to, upon the grounds that it required 
the qualification of Doctor of Medicine to lecture 
publicly. 
