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result of neglected cleansing, and the immorality which 
was not restrained but openly practised in the dis¬ 
orderly houses between Hamburg and Altona, “ where 
flutes, oboes, dulcimers, trumpets and waltzes were 
constantly heard.” 
What was the impression made by the young 
Swedish student, hardly of mature years, on the noted 
naturalists in the foreign town? The answer to this 
question is found in a long article in the “ Ham- 
burgische Berichte.” Here are given some titles of 
the works which Linnaeus had brought with him to get 
printed, also a description of his collection of nearly 
one thousand rare insects, found in Lapland and 
Dalecarlia; a picture of his complete Lapp costume 
with the magic drum belonging to it, whose use was 
described, and so on, which awakened the liveliest 
interest and the greatest surprise. 
His thoughts and deductions were methodically 
recorded, and that he possessed an uncommon judg¬ 
ment in conjunction with an inborn power of 
observation, is certain. His ardour, endurance, and 
energy were unusual. In the desire to search out and 
discover such things as had hitherto remained hidden 
from the sharpest eyes, in all that appertained to the 
three kingdoms, he had few equals. Moreover he was 
active in reading and noting, and thus had acquired 
great experience and such well-founded insight in many 
directions, that he, though only twenty-eight, in this 
respect stood out from many older persons. His 
intellectual precedence was adorned by an equal 
excellent temper, for amongst learned men he was 
distinguished for modesty, together with a natural 
straightforwardness, love of truth, genuine piety, 
readiness to oblige, free also from envy or jealousy, and 
possessing a constant great love for mankind. 
Everyone was pleased, and probably Linnaeus 
would have stayed longer in Hamburg, where the 
libraries and museums had so much of novelty to show 
him, but he felt himself obliged to continue his journey. 
