sorship at one of the Dutch universi¬ 
ties. By this time, however, his im¬ 
patience to return to Sweden had be¬ 
come so harassing as to occasion ex¬ 
treme depression of spirits. This, to¬ 
gether with his close application to the 
affairs he had undertaken for Van Ro- 
zen, affected his health ; and before he 
could set out homeward, he was at¬ 
tacked with a severe fever, which con¬ 
fined him six weeks, t 
Cliffort visited him during his illness, 
and kindly reproached him for having 
ever quitted his roof. “ If it was your 
wish to stay in Holland,” said he, “ I 
had the first right to your company ; 
and I would have paid you your annual 
stipend as formerly.” He pressed him 
to return to Hartecamp as soon as he 
was sufficiently recovered * and to re¬ 
main there until his health was com¬ 
pletely re-established. Linnams glad¬ 
ly escaped from Leyden, as soon as his 
