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marfhes of Sweden, had buried itfelf in his flefti, and 
produced fo violently painful an inflammati on, that his 
life was for fome time defpaired of. He was however 
faved by the ikill of Stobxus. 
At the hour of retirement to reft he fecretly took 
■with him from the library of his patron fuch books as 
might gratify his appetite for his favourite ftudy, and 
thefe he read as long as the portion of light allowed him 
lafted. Stobasus by fome means or other became ac- 
quainted with the irregularity of his midnight hours, 
and from the natural vivacity of his difpofition fufpea* 
ing the innocency of his employments, entered one night 
abruptly into his apartment, and to his furprife found 
him furrounded with and attentively reading the works 
of the beft writers on botany. After this time he was 
allowed the unrellrained ufe of the library. 
With his generous friend Stobxus he remained 
fomething more than a year : but defirous of enlarging 
his knowledge by the poflelhon of more certainties, he 
removed to Upfal. The profeflTors at that time to which 
he attached himfelf, were the junior Olaus Rudbeck, and 
Roberg. Under the guidance of thefe learned men 
Linnaeus made rapid advances in the different branches 
of medicine and natural hiftory, and regardlefs of what 
might happen to-morrow, revelled in all the gratifi- 
cations of intelleflual luxury. In courfe of time how- 
ever, the flender means with which he had been enabled 
