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for dinner and supper. Only French wine was drunk, 
and although of fair quality Linnaeus wearied of it, 
and longed for pure water. 
At last at dawn of the 24th, the wind came from 
the north-west, and it was amusing to see how all the 
vessels in the Sound in one instant hoisted sail and 
raised anchor. The journey was now south, and land 
was soon out of sight. Linnaeus himself escaped sea¬ 
sickness, to which fact he ascribed his use of the 
sailors 5 customs to lying fore and aft (not athwart) and 
of drinking sea-water. His companion was ill, and 
there was little pleasure in sailing, as the ship lay 
over on her side, and one became afraid of every 
lurch. Meanwhile all went well, and on the 26th the 
vessel anchored at Travemiinde. The journey was 
continued by road to Liibeck, which was reached at 
noon. “ Here it was most splendid summer, the 
country was a paradise consisting of leyel fields and 
splendid cornfields, with beech and oak woods in the 
valleys. The heaths were adorned with gorse with 
its fine yellow flowers. 55 
A couple of days were spent in Liibeck, where, 
however, there was nothing to be gathered of medical 
or biologic interest, the doctors there being of small 
repute as scientific men. There were, however, a few 
things to attract his attention, as for instance in the 
streets there were four-sided lanterns on poles, which 
burned all night, and at every street corner there were 
pails of water to extinguish fires. On Sunday they 
went to church, but complained of the long psalms 
which were sung. The men were garbed in black, 
with black capes, though it was not raining. 
At six a.m. on the 28th, the start was made from 
Liibeck in a diligence drawn by six of the biggest 
riding horses, and at six p.m. they gained Hamburg, 
though not without a little adventure. The driver had 
taken his team so near a cornfield, that the farmer was 
moved to strike him and knock him off his horse. 
When the quarrel had lasted an hour, Linnaeus 
