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MEMOIR OF BARON HALLER. 
lished an account of the plants, and the arrangement 
of the Botanic Garden at Gottingen, which work was 
at later periods republished and greatly augmented 
by the addition of new plants. In 1749 he collected 
his isolated observations on the genera and species of 
plants, and on their fructification; and published 
them in a volume entitled O/mscula Botanica. 
An interesting anecdote has been preserved re- 
specting an incident which occurred in one of his 
joumies in the Alps. He was on that occasion, os 
on many others, accompanied by his intimate friend 
Gesner. One day both being greatly fatigued by a 
laborious and protracted excursion, Gesner, overcome 
by fatigue, lay down and fell asleep on the snow, in 
the midst of an icy atmosphere. Haller, with the 
deepest distress, witnessed an occurrence, which, 
however, he in vain attempted to prevent, and which 
he apprehended might prove fatal. Goaded by the 
urgency of the occasion, he considered by what 
means the threatened danger might be averted, and 
speedily one method suggested itself to the warm 
sympathies of his heart. He stripped himself of his 
own garments and wrapped them round Gesner, 
and then with complacency set himself down, at no 
small risk, to contemplate a repose which he trusted 
would now be safe, as well as useful in recruiting 
his friend. The result fully realized his anticipa- 
tions : Gesner in a short time awoke, not injured 
but refreshed, and they together in safety escaped 
the danger. 
What most of all, perhaps, excites astonishment 
