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each made to help the other. He therefore hastened 
to invoke the help of Governor Gyllengrijp, who 
readily undertook to further the aims of Linnaeus as 
to cultivation in West Bothnia, by sending a humble 
memorial to the appropriate committee of the Riksdag, 
renewing his previous petition to the King, and pray¬ 
ing that for two years an annual sum of 300 silver 
dalers [£22 10s.] might be assigned to Linnaeus in 
order to carry out his plan under the inspection of 
himself as governor. Although a polite answer was 
returned, nothing was done, as the Riksdag had 
abruptly closed its labours. 
Linnaeus was thus forced to devise new plans, as 
he did not want to go back to Uppsala. Amongst the 
friends he had made in Falun was the domestic 
chaplain and tutor in Governor Reuterholm’s house¬ 
hold, named Magister Johan Browallius. In their 
familiar talk, the pastor insisted with emphasis, that 
there was nothing to be done unless Linnaeus went 
abroad and obtained the degree of Doctor, when he 
could return home and settle down to practice. This 
seemed feasible, as Linnaeus by his lectures and prac¬ 
tice had now some means, and further, that the father 
of his comrade Cl. Sohlberg, who was State Inspector 
of Mines, had promised him an annual sum of 300 
copper dalers [£7 10s.] if he would take his son 
with him and look after him abroad; Governor Reuter- 
holm offered him pecuniary assistance “ without re¬ 
turn,an offer which Linnaeus, however, could not 
accept. In the end he resolved to travel abroad to 
be promoted Doctor of Medicine, intending to return 
as soon as he should be able to earn his living as a 
medical man. 
This resolution made, Linnaeus left Falun, 
probably in November, for Uppsala, there to provide 
the necessaries for the journey. In the first place, he 
must undergo an examination in Divinity, which took 
place on the 24th November, with Dean Olof Celsius 
and Professor G. Wallin as examiners, afterwards 
