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THROUGH SWEDEN. 151
merous. In the branch of theology there are fix profeffors, three
afitftant profeffors, and three private teachers or magiftri docentes ;
of law, two profeffors and two affiftant profeffors: of medicine,
three profeflors and two afliftant profeflors: of philofophy, ten
profeflors and twenty affiftant profeflors: of genteel exercifes, feven
under the name of artium equeftrium et cultiorum magiftri, viz. a
riding mafter, a French mafter, a dancing matter, a drawing matter,
amufic mafter, a fencing mafter, and a mafter of the German and
the Englifh languages. Concerning fome of the profeffors of Up-
fala, I believe the following information may be relied upon:
Neikter, royal profeflor of eloquence and poetics, has the reputa-
tion of having read and remembered an immenfity of hiftory with-
out being a good hiftorian. He can read and remember, but not
digeft and combine. He has adopted the philofophy of Kant, and
is a zealous propagator of the new dod¢trine.
Afzelius, profeflor of chemiftry, is in Sweden efteemed a fine
genius, but faid to be extremely indolent. He is one of the ableft
fupporters of the antiphlogiftic chemiftry.
Aurivillius, librarian and profeflor of humanity, or Uitere lu-
maniores, is remarkable for the excefs of his bigotry, and the im-
pediments he conftantly endeavours to raife, as far as his opportu-
nities and abilities extend, to the advancement of knowledge.
In dire& oppofition to Aurivillius, ftands Tingftadius, D. D.
profeffor of oriental languages, who has laboured with confiderable
fuccefs to introduce into the untverfity liberal fentiments on fub-
jects of religion.
Chriftopher
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