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notes, and his estimation of them made him exclaim 
“ God bless the incomparable Queen. All gener¬ 
ations should praise Her Majesty, who rescued them 
from the fire.” The manuscripts were delivered by 
the Queen’s orders to Linne, to be set in order and 
published, which resulted in Hasselquist’s “ Iter 
palaestinum, eller resa till Heliga Landet.” [Pales¬ 
tine journey, or travels to the Holy Land] to which 
were added the letters received from Hasselquist by 
Linne. 
The “ In Memoriam ” oration was pronounced in 
1758 by Abraham Back, earning Linne’s high praise. 
Twenty years later Back did the same office for Linne 
himself. 
Soon after Ternstrom’s departure, the unwearied 
patron of Linne (C. G. Tessin) took steps for further 
investigations in foreign lands. After testing certain 
candidates, Carl Fredrik Adler was sent to the East 
Indies in 1748, but the result was trifling. Much 
better returns came from the two ships’ chaplains, 
Pehr Osbeck and Olof Toren, who sailed in different 
ships from Gothenburg in 1750, and both came back 
on the same date, 26th June, 1752, two years later. 
The former’s warm interest and power of observation 
had been often noticed by Linne. The voyage went 
well, four months and a half being spent in China. 
After his return he was invited to undertake another 
expedition, but as his health had been impaired, he 
decided to stay at home, and by Linne’s influence he 
was appointed Court Chaplain, afterwards becoming 
pastor in Halland, which post he held till his death 
in 1805. 
There is less to be said about Olof Toren. He 
sailed for Surat, and visited China, collecting many 
plants. Upon his return, he printed a short account 
of his yoyage, and died soon after in 1753. 
The first place in Linne’s affections for his 
“ Apostles ” was held by Petrus Lofling, “ his most 
beloved pupil.” Born at Tolfors in Gastrikland the 
