At this time, it was the custom of 
the Swedes to travel into foreign coun¬ 
tries to take their degrees. Holland 
was the country most in repute with 
medical students; and there the Swe¬ 
dish physicians generally graduated. 
Among the Dutch universities, that of 
Harderwyck was the least expensive, 
and therefore best suited to 'the strait¬ 
ened finances of Linnaeus. 
The following spring, he set out on 
his travels ; and after- various adven¬ 
tures, reached Harderwyck.; where he 
succeeded in obtaining a degree, in 
June, 1735, being then in his twenty- 
eighth year. 
His talents and acquirements ought 
certainty to have secured him this hon¬ 
our at a much earlier period. The 
great business of his journey was now 
completed; but he was unwilling to 
return home, without reaping some 
further advantage from his travels. 
