when he must separate from his kind 
patron, and leave the college at Wexi- 
coe for the university. He had much 
to regret, in quitting the hospitable 
dwelling of Rothman; but pleasant 
prospects unfolded before him at the 
university, and with the buoyant feelings 
of youthful hope he set out for Lund. 
Of the two universities of Sweden,Upsal 
and Lund, the limited fortune of the 
elder Linnaeus obliged him to fix on 
Lund. He had there a friend and re¬ 
lative m professor Humerus, who had 
promised his support and interest to the 
young student. It was with a slender 
purse that Linnaeus began bis journey to 
Lund. It was not in the power of his 
parents to advance much for him ; and 
probably they did not yet think so fa¬ 
vourably of his plans, as to be willing to 
promote them to the utmost of their 
power. But if he had little money, he 
had an inexhaustible store of spirit and 
