OF LINNjEUS. 
exhausted by fatigue, after wringing 
some of the wet from his garments, lay 
down, hoping to obtain some refresh¬ 
ing yepose ; but the gnats, which are 
particularly tormenting in that coun¬ 
try, and the cold north wind which 
blew around him, chased sleep froth his 
eyes. Meantime, his more hardy com¬ 
panion went in search of another guide; 
and the traveller left alone, dispirited 
and exhausted in this desolate region, 
j, return. There were no shutters to the win¬ 
dows ; and the continued Maze which surroun¬ 
ded us we would gladly have dispensed with, if 
it had been possible. When we closed our 
eyes, they seemed to be still open : we even 
bound over our handkerchiefs; but a remain¬ 
ing impression of brightness, like a shining 
light, wearied and oppressed them. To this 
inconvenience we were afterwards more expo¬ 
sed ; and although use rendered us somewhat 
less affected by it, it was an evil of which we 
all complained ; and we hailed the returning 
gloom of autumn as a blessing and a comfort.” 
Pr. Clarke's Travels in Scandinavia 
