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should wish to make such a journey. He had now 
lying ready, at least in outline, many scientific 
treatises on which he had spent much labour; these 
with glad certainty of victory, he hoped would reform 
natural history from the very bottom, and at the same 
time ensure for himself a place as a valued member 
of the scientific society of that time. But one thing 
was wanting. He had vainly endeavoured to find a 
publisher at home or abroad, but hearing from a fellow 
countryman that Dr. Christ. Nettelbladt, Professor of 
Law, had settled in Greifswald, he dispatched to him 
the first part of his “ Fundamenta botanica,” with the 
view of its being printed, though the outlook was not 
very favourable. Nettelbladt did his best, but be¬ 
yond printing preliminary notices in certain German 
journals, he could do nothing more, but recommended 
application to the Dutch publishers. 
A journey abroad was therefore needed, but that 
required money. Whence was it to come? It was 
only by denying himself that he had gained his edu¬ 
cation, helped by some little practice of medicine, but 
now the economic outlook was considerably darkened. 
True he was the supposed recipient of the Wrede 
scholarship surplus, but from that he had no income, 
no means being at hand to pay it. Attempts were 
made to get some other scholarship. In accordance 
with the prevailing custom of soliciting the powerful 
influence of “ most noble patrons,” Linnseus applied 
to the Governor of Umea, Gabriel Gyllengrijp. This 
person made a most humble appeal to the King, that 
some scholarship should be given to the needy 
student, specifying two stipends or scholarships, but 
these were hampered by special restrictions, so the 
appeal came to nothing. 
The Governor here mentioned had recently been 
appointed to a post in West Bothnia, and, anxious to 
improve the conditions in that province, consulted 
Linnseus upon the methods of achieving this, result¬ 
ing in a report upon crops which could be cultivated 
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