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vince's. The high eft of thefe fcholarfhips amount to the value of 
fourteen or fifteen pounds per annum. The ftudents of Upfala 
are not given to riot and rudenefs, but in general purfue their 
ftudies with decency and diligence. This univerfity is not with¬ 
out juftice accounted the firft feminary of the North, and has pro¬ 
duced from time to time men eminent in every branch of the 
fciences. The famous botanical garden is fmall, but laid out with 
judgment. 
The univerfity of Abo was founded in 1040,- by queen Chrif- 
tina, and endowed with the fame privileges as that of Upfala. Of 
theology there are three profeffors, and one aftiftant profefTor: of 
law, one profefTor : of medicine, three profeffors, and two aftiftant 
profefTors : of philofophy, nine profeflors, and three aftiftant pro- 
feflors. In the faculty of theology there are, befides the profefTors, 
two teachers, or magiflri docentes ; in that of philofophy, befides 
the profefTors, nine teachers. Of elegant and genteel accomplifh- 
ments, there are four profefTors, or artium cultiorum magiflri, viz. a 
French mafter, a dancing mafter, a fencing mafter, and a mufic 
mafter. 
On the Swedifh univerfities in general, it is to be obferved, 
ift, That the number of profefTors, aftiftant profefTors and teachers, 
called magiflri docentes , bears a greater proportion, if I am not mif- 
taken, to the population of Sweden (which does not exceed three 
millions) than that of any other country in Europe, to the num¬ 
ber of its inhabitants. 2dly, That although polemical divinity 
and the logics of Ariftotle, with correfponding and nugatory dif- 
.putations, 
