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LINNAEUS 
youthfully ardent and gaining the love of all those 
with whom he came in contact. 
A connecting link between the two stages of 
Linnaeus’s life is found in the three journeys he made 
in his native land by public commission. The first 
of these took place at the junction of the two periods 
of his life, the two latter at a later time were shorter, 
but all three display the same qualities of rich results, 
so that they may be regarded as direct continuations; 
together forming a whole, and as such, a short account 
of them must be given. 
Amongst the many persons Linnaeus met in his 
Stockholm life was the bank public prosecutor, G. A. 
Rutenskold, a member of the Manufacture and 
Trade deputations, who succeeded in getting Linnaeus 
appointed to visit Oland, Gotland and other places 
to report upon their natural productions, likely to 
prove of use to the State. The journey was estimated 
to take three months. As soon as the Estates had 
sanctioned the project, Linnaeus began his prepar¬ 
ations, similar to those for Dalecarlia, and to find 
some young men ready at their own expense to 
accompany him and help him in his task. Those 
selected were: P. Adlerheim, notary of the Royal 
Mining College; J. Moraeus, “ auscultant ” in the 
same; H. J. Gahn, mine-owner; G. Dubois, student 
of medicine; F. Ziervogel, royal apothecary; and S. 
Wendt, student in botany and medicine. All showed 
themselves diligent, especially Moraeus and Gahn, 
signing and promising on their honour not to draw 
back from the rules which Linnaeus had made. 
On the 15th May Linnaeus and his companions 
left Stockholm to ride to Kalmar. The spring was 
well advanced, most trees being in leaf; the cuckoo 
was heard and swallows were seen. They rode 
quickly and paused for the night at Svalbro inn, 
where they suffered from want of horses, fires, and 
good beds. The next day they passed Nykoping, 
and the day after reached Norrkoping, there visiting 
