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officials; for instance an Annotator, whose task was to 
take down from his dictation, in case something new 
was found; another was Fiscal, who had the superin¬ 
tendence of the discipline of the troop, that nothing 
unusual should occur; others were marksmen, to shoot 
birds, etc. The gathering was always at some agreed 
place, where he himself was among the first, ready to 
set tasks to those who came late. For each excursion, 
certain resting places were appointed, and here, when 
the scattered students were gathered, the Professor 
lectured on the best things collected. After *the 
youths from morning till evening, eight a.m. till nine 
p.m. (until his increasing age shortened the time to 
five—seven hours), had enjoyed themselves thus, 
they marched back to the town, the Professor at their 
head, with French horns, kettledrums and banners, 
to the botanic garden where repeated “ Vivat Lin¬ 
naeus ” closed the day’s enjoyment. This cheeriness, 
rejoicing and ardour amongst the young men, attracted 
not only foreigners but up-country people to share in 
these delights. 
The places where the annual excursions were 
taken, were Gottsunda and Vardsatra, Ultuna and 
Liljekonvaljeholm, Haga, Danmark and Nontuna, 
Old Uppsala and Vitulfsberg, Vaxala with Jalla and 
Tornby, Husby with Borje and Kattinge also; 
finally, the far distant Jumkil, where “ Sceptrum 
Carolinum ” \_Pedicularis Sceptrum\ was the chief 
floral treasure; these places are shown in the accom¬ 
panying map. The streets of the town and open 
places offered weeds and wayside plants which there 
flourished. Sometimes the expedition was to Funbo- 
Lofsta, whose owner was Linne’s friend and admirer, 
Baron Carl Sten Bjelke, who not only showed his 
considerable cultures, but generously entertained the 
glad and hungry crowd. Reports still in existence 
testify to the fire which Linne knew so well how to 
kindle in his pupils. Even the most insignificant 
plant or animal had something worth speaking about, 
