wait several hours in his antichamber 
before they could obtain admittance. 
Linnaeus, therefore, esteemed him¬ 
self particularly fortunate when he had 
received an invitation from Boerhaave ; 
who, haring read his work, had be¬ 
come eager to make acquaintance with 
an author whose views, on a subject he 
had long studied, were so new and 
striking. Linnaeus presented himself 
at the hour appointed ; and the con¬ 
versation which followed raised him 
still higher in the estimation of the ven¬ 
erable Boerhaave, who was delighted 
with the * talents and acquirements of } 
the'young physician. 
This introduction was productive of 
most important consequences. Boer¬ 
haave advised him not to quit Holland ; 
^ assuring him that his talents could not 
fail of receiving their doe reward in 
that country. Linnaeus, however, 
found his little stock of money reduced 
