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haften homewards. In his way he vlfited France, be- 
came known to the two brothers Juffieu, and examined 
their hcrbals, together with thofe of Tournefort, Vaill- 
ant and Suriah, and vifited the feveral gardens and mufe- 
iims in and round Paris. After a refidcnce of about a 
month in this metropolis, and after having been admitted 
a correfponding member of the Academy of Sciences, he 
got a palTagc on board a (hip from Rouen to Helfingburg 
in Scania, and reached Stockholm in September, 1738. 
His intention now was to settle himfelf at Stockholm 
in the praflice of his profeflion. But whatever honours 
his great (kill in botany might have procured him abroad, 
he did not in his own country Immediately find that they 
led to wealth and independence. Teafed with oppofition 
to his new fyftem, and the profits of his profeflion being 
as yet but (lender, his circumftances were not fuch as 
could juflify him in gratifying the wi(hes of his heart, 
by marrying the lady to whom he had been fo long be- 
trothed. But from this cloud of obfcurity he in a Ihort 
time burfl; forth. Haller, with whom he had long cor- 
refponded, offered to refign to hint his own profelTorlhip 
of botany at Goettingen. This offer Linnaeus would 
doubtlefs have accepted, but perceiving his practice grow- 
ing daily more lucrative, and unwilling totally to aban- 
don his native country, he ultimately declined it. His 
difficulties began now to vanifh gradually, and his fame 
to extend itfelf ; and having by a lucky prefcription re- 
lieved the Qiiecn from a troiiblefome cough, he became 
