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NOW FIRST PUBLISHED
FROM THE
ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL
OF THE CELEBRATED
LINNÆUS;
BY
JAMES EDWARD SMITH, M. D. F. R. S. etc.
PRESIDENT OF THE LINNÆAN SOCIETY.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
"Ulterius nihil est, nisi non habitabile frigus."
Ovid.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR WHITE AND COCHRANE, HORACE'S HEAD,
FLEET-STREET,
BY RICHARD TAYLOR AND CO., SHOE-LANE.
1811.
TO
THOMAS FURLY FORSTER, Esq.
FELLOW OF THE LINNÆAN SOCIETY.
My dear Sir,
Among the variousconsultations and communicationswhich have taken place between usin the course of our long and uninterruptedfriendship, I recollectthat one object of your anxiouscuriosity has always been the LachesisLapponica of Linnæus, sooften alluded to by himself andhis pupils, and the original Swedishmanuscript of which came[Pg iv]into my hands with the rest of hiscollection. Of this I now presentyou with an English translation;and I offer it to you with themore satisfaction, because youare, amongst all my Linnæan acquaintance,one of the most capableof entering into every feelingof the original writer. Hislove of truth and of nature werenot more ardent than your own,nor was his BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!
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