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discovery to the world’s most inaccessible regions 
would entail. A testimony to this is the portrait, the 
oldest one extant, of “ C. Linnaeus e Lapponia redux ” 
in Lapp costume, painted by the eminent artist Martin 
Hoffmann, during his residence in Holland. 
At Hartecamp he lived “ in the best circumstances 
a mortal could wish for ”; he had all the services of 
cook and other servants, and could entertain those who 
paid him visits, with all festive liberality. He could 
also undertake what excursions he wished, and could 
drive through Amsterdam streets with a carriage and 
pair of horses. Nevertheless he began to be troubled 
with home sickness, principally induced by over-strain 
and the feeling of being a foreigner, from which he could 
not free himself, for “ his genius was so little for speech 
that he never learned Dutch, though he lived for nearly 
three years in Holland.” Especially during the period 
when Clifford and his family were away from Harte¬ 
camp, and consequently he was alone with servants and 
his work, he felt himself “ a solitary monk, penned up 
within two walls.” Dutch habits and customs and the 
whole temper of the people did not seem to suit him, 
so that his health suffered. “ From all this occupation 
he was so worn out in the autumn of the year, that he 
could no longer endure the Dutch air,” and found “ that 
the Dutch climate is not long wholesome for a, Swede.” 
Though he saw that he was not justified in stopping his 
strenuous work in such desirable circumstances, as rich 
collections, garden and library at Hartecamp, his 
decision ripened to leave Clifford and betake himself 
home to his expectant bride. 
This decision he imparted to his host, who would not 
allow him to leave for some weeks, suggesting that he 
should remain at his expense at Leyden, to hear Boer- 
haave before the botanic chair at Utrecht became 
vacant. After the anticipated death or resignation of 
the aged Serrurier, who was past eighty, Linnaeus 
would be certain to succeed him, and Clifford mean¬ 
while would pay him a salary. All persuasion, how- 
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