212 THE. ESSEX NATURALIST. 
1756.” There are also two prayer-books, given by the uncle 
to the niece in 1757 and 1762 respectively. 
At “Harts” in 1748 Richard Warner received a somewhat 
distinguished visitor, Peter Kalm, a pupil of Linneus, Professor 
of Economy in the University of Abo, in Swedish Finland. This. 
naturalist was born in Finland in 1715, and having imbibed a 
taste for natural history, devoted himself at first to the study 
of the flora of Sweden, to which he discovered many additions, 
Originally intended for the ecclesiastical profession, he was 
drawn to the pursuit of natural history by the lectures of Linnzeus. 
at Upsala; and, having paid particular attention to the uses. 
of plants, was selected by Linnzus to undertake a journey of 
exploration, in 1747, to North America. He set out in October 
of that year, sailing from Gottenburg ; but, compelled by stress. 
of weather to put back to the Norwegian coast, did not reach 
the Thames till February. He stayed in England till August, 
making excursions in various parts of the country, and was. 
introduced to Warner by Dr. (afterwards Sir) Wiliam Watson, 
F.R.S. After more than two years’ collecting in America. 
Kalm returned to London in March 1751, leaving for Gottenburg 
in May. His Travels (En Resa til Norra America) were 
published in three volumes octavo, at Stockholm, between 1753 
and 1761, in Swedish, much of the first and second volumes. 
referring to England. A German translation of the first volume 
(Reise nach dem Nordlichen Amerika) by Carl Ernst Klein 
was published at Leipzig in 1754, and one of the whole work 
(Des Herrn Peter Kalms . .-. Beschreibung der Reise 
nach dem Nordlichen Amerika) by Philip and John 
Murray. at Gottingen, between 1754 and 1764. An English 
versio: of.the latter (Travels into North America i... .) 
by John Reinhold Forster, appeared in three volumes at War-- 
rington in 1770-71 (second. ed., London, 1772), from the long 
preface to which Sir J. E. Smith obtained most of the informa- 
tion for the article ‘* Kalm”’ in Rees’ Cyclopedia; but unfortun- 
ately all the description of his stay in England has been omitted ! 
His description of a visit to Woodford never having appeared. 
in English, may be given here. 
‘February 28th. In the morning I went by land toa aa 
“named Woodford, ten English miles from London, in Essex. 
“The road along which we travelled was level with only occa- 
