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LINNAEUS 
a turf and hid his purse under it, a mark of the place 
being a tall buttercup close by. The Secretary 
searched with his rod for nearly an hour, but when at 
the end of the vain experiment, Linnaeus went to take 
up his purse, the diviner had so trampled the grass, 
that the spot could not be recognized. Finally one 
of the company put his finger on the spot and drew 
out the purse, which had ioo ducats [nearly ^48] 
in it. 
At Lund he stayed for two days, 10th and nth 
June, then on to Malmo, and spent a week there, 
observing the rare plants and trees in the gardens in 
that mild climate. In heavy rain and strong wind, 
the journey was continued to Trelleborg, then to 
vSkanor, Falsterbo and Ystad, back through Lund to 
Helsingborg, and by Kristianstad again, with six 
days’ sojourn at Stenbrohult and at Ryssby with Lin¬ 
naeus’s sister and her husband, Johan Collin. Here 
he bade farewell to all the well-remembered places 
and plants. In this last visit, Linnaeus had the good 
fortune to find Isoetes lacustns for the first time in 
Sweden, which had escaped his notice in his boyhood. 
On the 7th August he started on his return to Uppsala, 
which he reached six days later. 
Thus was concluded this journey, during which he 
had enjoyed much fine weather in contrast to his West 
Gothland trip, and he ended his account of the fair 
province, by recounting its favourable climate and 
products compared with the more northern parts. 
In the course of these three journeys, he made 
many observations on the products of agriculture, 
trade, and customs he had noticed, bearing in mind 
the commission he was fulfilling. Economic and 
medicinal plants also were laid before the public in 
reports or tracts previous to the publication of his 
three volumes. He also touched upon the geology 
of the places visited, all this being written in a fresh 
and naive style, even if a little weak at times. These 
statements are a gold mine for the present-day 
