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accomplished by the authority of the chief magis- 
trate ; for I have not been able to learn any 
sufficient reason for their adherence to their old 
way of building. If people thirty or forty years of 
age are thus afflicted, what must become of them 
by the time they are seventy ?" 
Leaving his travels in Lapland, we shall next 
accompany Linnaeus to England, of which journey 
he has himself given some interesting particulars in 
his correspondence. As he was too poor to bear 
the expenses, his friend Clifford, as has been al- 
ready noticed, advanced the necessary funds. The 
principal attractions that drew him to this country 
■was the reputation of Sir Hans Sloane, and the 
splendid museum which he possessed*. He was 
also desirous of becoming acquainted with Dillenius 
at Oxford, for whom he professed a high esteem, 
and to consult the Pinax of Sherard. The lively 
pleasure he felt in seeing the rich landscape scenery 
of Great Britain, and especially various plants 
* The letter of introduction -which Boerlmave gave his 
young friend to Sir Hans, was as complimentary to the 
English as to the Swedish Naturalist. “ Linnaeus, who will 
present you with this letter, is as deserving of your notice as 
you arc of his. Whoever shall have the fortune to meet you 
Loth, will see two men whose equals can scarcely be found 
in the world.” A description of Sloane’s magnificent collec- 
tion has been given in the Memoir prefixed to the History of 
the Pachydermia , in a preceding volume of the Naturalist’s 
Library. 
