er he should draw upon himself a com¬ 
plete reverse of circumstances; and had 
every reason to suppose, that he should 
find himself in nearly as destitute a con¬ 
dition as he had done at Lund during 
his early attendance on the university. 
But every objection of this kind gave 
way to his love of study: and having ob¬ 
tained- the consent of his parents, he took 
his departure from Lund, and reached 
Upsal in the autumn of 1728: being 
then little more than one and twenty 
years of age. 
His intellectual storcswere increased; 
but he entered Upsal, as he had enter¬ 
ed Lund, with a purse scantily filled, 
and with little skill in the management 
of his contracted finances. He com¬ 
menced his studies, however, with great 
energy; and gave himself little anxiety 
about the means of support. The pro- 
lessors under whom he was to study 
