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The Floral King. 41
very distant, remained almost a terra incognita as
regards its Flora, Fauna, and mineral wealth, far
more so than such distant continents as Africa
and America. Carl Linnzus, with great ardour,
embraced the thought of a journey thither, and in a
letter to the ‘‘Society of Science” importuned its
president and members to realize the idea, assigning
no less than eighteen various raisons d’étre why
such a journey should be undertaken ; and finally,
in all humility, offering himself as the most eligible
explorer—though he modestly observes that he did
not possess all the desirable qualifications. He was
accepted, but he first determined to pay a short
visit to Lund to perfect himself in the study of
mineralogy, in which science he considered himself
deficient, and which he thought his old friend
Professor Stobzeus’s collection would enable him
to do. However, in this he was mistaken, for he
found on renewed inspection that it chiefly con-
tained fossils. But Carl desired also to see and
consult his parents before starting upon the
‘perilous journey, so he visited dear old Stenbrohult
in April, 1732.
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