and set out for Wexicoe, where he 
was entered as a scholar. He did 
nor, in this new situation, relinquish his 
.former pursuits,: on the contrary, he 
devoted to them every interval which 
could be obtained from his school-stu¬ 
dies. On holidays, no pupil was found 
so little at home as Linnaeus. In fact, 
since the truth must be told, he took 
more delight in gathering and examin¬ 
ing plants, than in learning his phra¬ 
seology or writing his themes. Fortu r 
nately for him, the rector of the school, 
whose name was Lanmerius, was a lov¬ 
er of botany : he soon observed the 
talents exhibited by the young Lin¬ 
naeus ; and while Charles’s schoolfel¬ 
lows considered him a vagabond 
truant, who wasted his time in idle 
wanderings and useless occupations, 
the rector formed a high and well- 
founded opinion of his genius and 
merits. In this manner he passed seven 
