S&CS& ( 3?? ) 
citatem, illum bonorum omnium amorem illam- 
que venerationem, quae folis numquam eruditio¬ 
nis, numquam ingenii fauentisque naturae opibus, 
vtcumque magnis, comparantur. 
Quae minime fucata erat, eius humanitas, con- 
fuetudinem cum illo mirum in modum fuauem at¬ 
que deliciarum plenam efficiebat. Rara erga omnes 
facilitate fefe ad diuerfos eorum captus in iis mate¬ 
riis accommodabat, qu&s cuique iucundiffimas effis 
iudicaffiet. Atque hunc in finem tantum adhibe¬ 
bat ftudium, quafi ad ipfum inde aliquis difcendi 
fruftus redundaturus fuiffiet. Peregrinatores vrba- 
nitatem, qua excipiebantur, fatis admirari non po¬ 
terant, nec patientiam, qua eis colle&ionem mi¬ 
neralium offendit, quaeffionibus refpondit, atten¬ 
tionem denique eorum ad vtiliffima quaeque ac no¬ 
tatu digniffima aduertit z). Horas quidem admo¬ 
dum care aeftimabat vir, de explendis partibus fui 
officii, quas infuper ipfe nonnumquam haud pa¬ 
rum dilatabat, plurimum follicitus; hinc a nume- 
rofis conuerfationibus, iis praefertim , quas con- 
Z 2 fue- 
s) Celeberrimus coxe, in fu is: Travels into Polattd, 
Ruffia etc . T. 2. p. 421, fe bejrgmanum noftrum 
falutaffe, his verfc«s defcribit: „1 w&ited, with a 
letter o£ recommendation, vponMr. bergman, Pro- 
feffor of chemiftry in the univerfiry, whofe fame 
ftands higli among the iearned of ali nations-- 
The Iearned Profeffor received me with great po- 
litenefs and fhowed me his cahiaet, whidi is parti* 
eulary rich in Svedifh minerals. He obiigingly 
communicated to me much intelligence in a very 
long and interefling converfation, which I had the 
pleafure of holding with him } and which made me 
regret that my|ftay in Upfala was fo fh@rt, that I 
coold not derive any further Information from a 
perfon of fuch genera! and accurate knowiedge.‘ c 
