OF CURIOSITY. 165 
Bartfcius (John) when he arrived at Suri- 
nam, where he went in order to make obfer- 
vations in natural hiftory 3 was defpifed for look- 
ing after plants, and infects. The inhabitants 
there thought nothing worth minding, but 
what belonged to fugar and coffi plantations. 
Vid. his letters to Linnasus. 
Profeflbr Kalm dared not at the hazard of 
his life let the favages of Canada, amongft: 
whom he refided, know that he defcribed any 
plant or other natural objeft, but was forced 
to carry on all his refearches in private. 
When our prefident was gathering, and de~ 
fcribing the rhen-deer-fly on the Lapland moun- 
tains, the inhabitants wondered, and laughed 
at him for troubling his head about catching 
infedts. Yid. Adt Stockhol. vol. 1. p. 12 1. 
And we find that he, and his companions were 
ftared at as a fpedtacle in his journey through 
Oeland. It. Oeland. p. 85. 109. 
Dr. Haffelquift was forced to have a guard 
whenever he went out of Cairo in order to de- 
fcribe any natural objedt ; and even then he was 
not quite fafe from the vulgar on account of 
his curiofity. Thefe examples may fuffice with- 
out producing any more. 
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