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72 The Floral King.
of himself from this period, that “during the days
he crawled amongst the stones in the mines, and
the nights he passed before the fires of the smelting
furnaces.”
Falun, the provincial capital of Dalarna, was the
residence of the Governor of the province, who also
in his turn became charmed by Linnzus’s brilliant
genius; as well as his house-chaplain, J. Brovallius,
who rose to become Bishop of Abo in Finland,
through whose exertions the Bible was translated
into Finnish, 1758. The sons of Baron Reuterholm
became Linnzeus’s eager disciples in the much fre-
quented lectures he delivered in the art of probing
and mineralogy. Linnzus also practised as a
Physician in Falun, and was much consulted,
so that he earned and even saved some money.
The best families in the little town vied to see
him as guest, and flippant society, for once, during
a whole season, gave up its petty diversions to
listen to the lively and enthralling descriptions
of natural objects by the gifted doctor, who soon
found himself the centre of attraction and the
soul of every gathering. Linnzus, admired by
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