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three in his own country. He received 
from many of his opulent pupils splen¬ 
did presents of plate, &c. One of 
these, who travelled in China, sent him 
from thence a service of porcelain, 
decorated with a delicate representation 
of the Linncea Borealis , as its only or¬ 
nament. 
Nor were literary men the only per¬ 
sons who-were anxious to show their 
esteem for him; kings and princes paid 
tribute to his genius. Two kings of 
Sweden, in succession, Frederic the 
First and Frederic Adolphus bis suc¬ 
cessor, were his patrons. The latter 
created him Knight of the Polar Star, 
and granted him a diploma which rais¬ 
ed him to the rank of the hereditary 
nobility of the country.' Previously to 
this, the king of Spain had caused him 
to be invited to that country, to become 
his botanist; offering to give him a 
handsome salary, to allow him the free 
exercise of- his religion, and to create 
