logical excursioirin the mountainous 
districts of the kingdom ; and invited 
Linnaeus to become their guide and in¬ 
structed You may believe it was no 
unwelcome proposition to him. A sci¬ 
entific tour, in company with those who 
had learned to love and esteem him, 
could not fail to be very agreeable ; at 
the 'same time that the temporary as¬ 
sistance it afforded him in a pecuniary 
point of view, was worth his consid¬ 
eration. V. 
They travelled together into Dale- 
carlia. At Fahlun, the capital of that 
province, they were introduced to baron 
ReuteTholm. This nobleman was gov¬ 
ernor of the province, and director of 
the rich copper-mines in that neigh¬ 
bourhood. He was passionately fond 
of the study of natural history ; and 
occupied his leisure in scientific re¬ 
searches. He was struck at once with 
the uncommon talents of Linnaeus; and 
