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him discourse on the introduction to his ‘ Systema 
Naturae/ on God, Man, Creation, Nature, etc., was 
more moved than by the most eloquent sermon. 
With this power of convincing, he had the advantage 
of an incomparable memory and a clearness of 
thought, so that he could deliver from a few notes on 
a scrap of paper, a long oration or a lecture. His 
lectures were rarely written on a larger sheet than a 
strip of paper, which he held folded up between his 
fingers, and with his thumb marked the latest place 
where he stopped/' This completely agrees with S. 
Hedin’s report, from which the following is extracted : 
“ He mingled quickness and thoroughness so mar¬ 
vellously, that both curiosity and understanding were 
satisfied. If Linne spoke of the Creator's power and 
majesty, reverence and wonder were depicted on all 
faces; if he talked about dietary, he permitted his 
hearers to laugh unrestrainedly, when depicting the 
then fashionable whims, and with easy and delightful 
humour, he imparted the most useful wisdom 
concerning the care of health and its preservation." 
There was something more yet which attracted 
pupils to him, namely, the botanic excursions which 
he conducted with his pupils in the neighbourhood of 
Uppsala. These celebrated “ Herbationes Upsali- 
enses" (in which not only plants, but animals, 
minerals, and all that they could capture, were 
explained by him) are thus recounted by a participant 
therein, J. G. Acrel, thus : “ The botanic excursions 
which he instituted each summer, were not less 
enlightening and amusing for youth, than useful in 
kindling a desire for Natural History. They took 
place according to a certain order, as defined in his 
‘ Herbationes Upsalienses,’ to eight places round the 
town. At this time he had no fewer than 200 to 300 
members who accompanied him afield, all clad in an 
easy suit of linen and provided with everything 
necessary for collecting plants and insects. From 
his auditors he himself chose certain recognized 
