had been early attracted by the unusual 
degree of penetration and knowledge 
evinced by Linnseus ; and when he 
heard of his father’s determination to 
remove him from college and bind him 
to a trade, he hastened to prevent a 
measure so unfavourable to the happi¬ 
ness of his young favourite, and so ill 
suited to his talents. He addressed 
himself to the father, setting forth his 
son s diligence, and his peculiar qualifi¬ 
cations for the study of physic and 
botany. He entreated him to recon¬ 
sider the subject, and not to exclude 
his son from a profession, in which, 
with his singular talents, he could not 
lail of success. These encomiums 
cou not but be highly gratifying to 
his parents, and probably contributed, 
as much as the liberal offers of Roth¬ 
man, to incline them to adopt his plan. 
This generous friend enforced his argu¬ 
ments by a proposition too kind and 
