too low, to allow of any jggolonged 
stay. He proceeded, therefor^ to Am¬ 
sterdam ; intending from thence to em¬ 
bark for fSweden, and by this means 
return home iit the least possible- ex¬ 
pense. 
But here the friendship of Boerhaave 
came to his aid. He hacflgiven Lin- 
nasOs a letter of introduction to John 
Barmair; professor of botany at Am¬ 
sterdam* This secured* to him a 
fjqgndly receptibfr fronxBurman * itoho, 
on’lis part/was as rnbcbr,pleased with 
the northern ' student as Ids friend had 
b een. He was at that time overwhelm¬ 
ed with business^ and was particularly 
earnest to completed Ascription of the 
plants found in the island of Ceylon ; 
a #ork which had for some time 
been on his hands. He quickly per¬ 
ceived hqjjpr useful such an assistant as 
Linnaeus would be, in the prosecution 
