TRAVELS 
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where he received his education fo many additional privileges, 
and endowed it fo liberally, that he has been juftly called its fe- 
cond founder. Befides erecting a large building at his own ex¬ 
pence, he fettled on the univerfity his patrimonial eftate of Vafa, 
by which donation the falaries of the profeffors were augmented, 
and one hundred and fifty fludents maintained. His example 
w r as followed by his fucceffors, as well as by private individuals; 
and as the funds have become more confiderable, the number of 
fcholars fupported by them has encreafed in proportion. It re¬ 
flects great credit upon this univerfity, that the profeffors faithfully 
apply the revenues to the objects of their original deftination, viz. 
the improvement and diffufion of knowledge. At the head of the 
univerfity is a chancellor, who is always a perfon of the firft 
rank and confequence, and generally one of the royal family. The 
dignity is conferred by the ele&ion of the profeffors, and confirmed 
by his majefty. The chancellor regulates and explains the fta- 
tutes, compofes any material differences or difputes that may 
happen, and delivers all petitions and meffages from the univerfity 
to the king. In his abfence, his place is fupplied by the arch- 
bifhop of Upfala. From the body of the profeffors, or from thofe of 
them that are capable of the office from their fituation in the uni¬ 
verfity,^ is annually chofen a reflor magnificus , who is a fpecies of 
magiflrate that can puniffi the ftudents for fmall delinquencies by 
fine or imprifonment, and whofe jurifdi&ion over them extends 
fix leagues around the city. The profeffors are exceedingly nu- 
* Thefe are called viri rectorales. 
merous. 
