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polar longitude, he faw the fun eight whole days with- 
out fetting. Thence he croffed the Lapland alps into 
Finmark, and wandered along the Ihores of the north 
fea as far as Sallero. In the latter of thefe excurfions 
he was accompanied by two laplanders, who ferved him 
as interpreters and guides. The greater part of the 
fummer was confumed in the examination of thefe ar£lic 
regions, and in September he returned to Tornea with 
the refolution to vifit the eaftern fide of the Bothnian 
gulph. After travelling fouthward through the different 
towns on the lake, he reached the fmall univerfity of 
Abo, and crofling by the ifland of Aland he arrived at 
Upfal, emaciated with hardfhips and fatigue, about the 
latter end of 03 :ober. In this journey of fix months he 
travelled over a fpace more than equal to 800 German 
leagues, ' and muft have fuffered all the viciffitudes of 
extreme heat and cold, and often hunger and thirft. 
Of the events which occurred to him and the va- 
rious renjarks he made, and of the feveral natural pro- 
dudlions which he found in his travels, he kept a regu- 
lar diary. This ineftimable treafure has not been pub- 
lifhed, but together with many other of his manuferipts 
is in the polTclfion of the learned Prefident of the 
Linnean Society. 
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Soon after his return the firft part of his Floruls 
Lapponica was printed in the Swedilh literary tranfac- 
tions, and in about two years afterwards in the fame 
