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LINNAEUS 
at Professor van Roijen’s expense, receiving money 
from him as he had from Clifford. Besides, he had in 
the wealthy Lawson a liberal friend, who often asked 
Linnaeus if he wanted money, and when he answered 
“ No,” he would press 60, 80, ioo gulden [£5, 
£6 13s. 4., £8 6s. 8d.] on Linnaeus, saying that 
he had enough for himself, for he had had the fore¬ 
thought to save. 
So the time passed till the spring, when at Easter 
he received unwelcome news from home. His friend 
Browallius, appointed professor at Abo, was asserted 
by another friend (presumably Mennander) to cast 
amorous glances at Sara Lisa Moraea, and when the 
time fixed by Assessor Moraeus for Linnaeus’s stay 
abroad had passed, Moraeus considered himself no 
longer bound by his promise concerning his daughter. 
Linnaeus would have hurried back, but was held back 
by a bad ague. As soon as he recovered, he was 
invited by Lawson and some Englishmen to a little 
oyster feast, at which he ate only a single oyster and 
drank one cup of good wine. The following day, 
however, he was down with cholera, and Dr. van 
Swieten had to employ all his skill to save him. 
Hardly had he somewhat recovered, though still 
tottering, than he received a visit from Clifford, who 
still felt somewhat offended, because, according to his 
account, if Linnaeus wished to stay in Holland with 
a salary, he, as willingly as anyone else, would have 
given it. That his dissatisfaction was not deeply 
rooted, appears from this, that on seeing Linnaeus so 
weak, he invited him to go back with him to Harte- 
camp (pointing out the risk of travelling in his feeble 
condition), and resume his former happy life, to walk 
about as he pleased, and he would give him a ducat 
a day [nine shillings and twopence] as long as he liked. 
This generous offer was gratefully accepted, and about 
two months were quietly spent, when Linnaeus had so 
far recovered, that he could once more think about 
his Paris journey. “He did not fully regain his health 
