strength would admit; and once more 
enjoyed the sweets of spring in this be¬ 
loved retreat, the scene of so many 
pleasures. ' 
The restoration of his health once 
more warned him V to quit Hartecamp 
and its kind and generous owner. He 
took leave, at length, of all his kind 
friends, and of that country where his 
fine talents had been so well apprecia¬ 
ted ; and travelled home by way of 
France : being anxious to see Paris, 
and to be introduced to the literary 
men there. 
He was extremely well received in 
that city; and indeed his agreeable 
manners seemed to have made way for 
him every where; but the predilection 
the Parisians naturally felt for their 
countrymen, Tournefort and Vaillant, 
who were then the great authorities 
in botany, made them little disposed to 
receive the reformed system from the 
