C L A S S II.
Commerce, and Mechanical Arts, or Handicrafts.
Baron Hermelin. The baron has made feveral journies, and
at his own expence cauled geographical maps to be drawn o f different
portions o f the Swediih dominions. He entertains ibme
ideas and projeds for cultivating and peopling Lapland. A t pre-
fent he is employed in writing a defcription o f that country, and
its mineralogical produdions. More o f this worthy and zealous
patriot hereafter.
JBaron Ahlftromer, who has brought fheep from Spain for im-
proving the breed o f thofe ufeful animals in Sweden.
Mr. Arfvedfon, a rich merchant.
Mr. Gejer, a mineralogift, who has publilhed feveral memoirs
on lead mines difcovered in Scania. He has let up a manufactory
o f porcelain o f an improved quality, which has been very luc-
celsful.
Mr. Swab, a bergmaftare, or fuperintendant o f mines, and a
good pradical mineralogift.
Baron de Geer, a very rich man, and ion o f the celebrated
Charles de Geer, who wrote a treatile on the hiftory o f infects,
publilhed in leven volumes.
Mr. Lindbom, author o f a paper on the vindfpet or windlafs.
Mr. Gamej, author o f a work highly efteemed on founderies o f
iron in Swediih Mafmiijlere.
T o the fecond clafs alfo belong Mr. Berndfton, and Mr. Bladh,
a phylician.
C L A S S III.
Exterior Fhyfics, and Natural Hiftory.
Mr. Lidbeck, a profeflor at Lund. Having arrived at a very
great age, he has now loft the recolledion o f the little knowledge
o f natural hiftory that he once poffefled.
Mr. Olbeck, the oldeft naturalift living, and known in the
learned world by his Journey in China, which has been tranllated
into different languages.
Mr. Thunberg, more advantageoufly known to the world by
his botanical defcriptions o f erica, profea, garderia, gladiolus, &c.
than by his Travels to Japan, in which his trifling obfervations
feem to keep pace with the inequality and incorrednefs o f his
ftyle. He is now become a farmer; and being at the fame time
the fucceffor o f Linnasus in the univerfity o f Upfala, he is taken
up with too many objeds and branches o f natural hiftory to be
great in any o f them. His laft produdions are very inferior, and
bear the marks o f hafte and negligence.
Mr. Sparrman, a phylician, and one o f the illuminees, or pupils
o f Mefmer. His name is fometimes joined to that o f Captain
Cook, the famous circumnavigator, though he had no connection
with him, except that he failed in the fame ihip. Mr. Sparrman
has made himfelf known to the world by his Travels in Africa,
■which is but a poor work. Belides this he has publilhed fome
other books and treatifes, which do not entitle him to a very high
rank in the republic o f letters. It feems that from difappoint-
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