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LINNAEUS 
August, probably to take the advice of Boerhaave, he 
accepted the offer, and bound himself to remain at 
Hartecamp over the winter, on condition that he 
should have free board, housing and a salary of i ,000 
florins per annum [^83 6s. 8d.]. The next day he 
made haste to inform his friends at Falun, Inspector 
Sohlberg, Magister Browallius, and naturally, Sara 
Lisa Moraea. On the 13th September he removed 
to Hartecamp and took up his duties. His principal 
conducted him into the plant-houses in which were 
certain plants unknown to Linnaeus, especially some 
from the Cape. After investigation he was able to 
assign names to some, but others he declared were 
still undescribed, which highly pleased Clifford. His 
own contentment Linnaeus expressed in a letter to 
Gronovius, describing himself as being in a paradise. 
Burman and Clifford were not the only persons 
who wished to make use of the young Swede’s know¬ 
ledge and industry. It has already been mentioned 
(p. 138) that the rich apothecary, Albert Seba, was 
living in Amsterdam, where he had a fine and 
valuable collection of illustrated works. He was now 
engaged in prosecuting the same, but old age, ill- 
health, and perhaps inaccurate views, put hindrances 
in the way, causing him to turn to Linnaeus for help. 
But Linnaeus, now engaged by Clifford, could not 
undertake the commission, and besides, the third 
volume next to be printed, was on the subject of 
fishes, least liked by Linnaeus. Circumstances, how¬ 
ever, enabled him to make use of one of his friends, 
an Uppsala comrade, Petrus Artedi. He had left 
Sweden about the same time as Linnaeus to pursue his 
studies abroad. He first went to England, where the 
naturalists, especially the celebrated Sir Hans Sloane, 
received him with the greatest kindness and gave him 
opportunity in his own and other museums and 
collections to add to his already considerable know¬ 
ledge concerning fishes, then a scarcely known class. 
He stayed in England until he found himself obliged 
