KJRTIa’s TRAVELS in SWEDEN. 479
he has made a prefent of to the univerfity : his voyage to Japan was publiflied in 179 r,and tranflatecl into German .
There is a catalogue of the different cabinets of the univerfity of Upfal, publiflied inthe form of differtatiofis, with the title, Miifaum naturalium Academia Upfalienfis: manyparts have already appeared, containing an account of what has been prefented to theuniverfity by Mr. Thunberg and others. The collection of plants extends to twentythoufand fpecies, the moll rare of which are thofe of the Cape of Good Hope and Japan .The Flora Japonica is already printed, and Mr. Thunberg is at prefent employed on theFlora Capenfis.
The coins of Japan are ip the cabinet of His Majefty at Drottningholm . Mr. Thun-berg gave a defcription of them before the academy of fciences at Stockholm . Amongthe Indian coins there are numerous rare fpecies, fuch as the pagoda of Malabar withthe figure of an elephant in gold, and the twelve rupees in gold with the twelve figns ofthe zodiac, flruck by Nourmahal , the wife of the grand Mogul, Selim I. It is extremelyrare to meet with this collection complete, on which account it is very dear, coftingmore than 4000 livres.
The cabinet of Mr. Ziervogel is very curious, and above all remarkable in the depart-ment of fhells, of which there are nine hundred different fpecies, and in all nine thou-fand fpecimens; a great number are fawed in twain in order to fhew the interior : thisappeared to us a new and well conceived plan ; fome are fawn in a tranfverfe direction.The following are the moft remarkab'e in the cabinet : the Ciprea ocellata , with blackfpots ; a tolerably handfome collection of Harps, although the Imperial is wanting ; theHippo cajianum.murex ; Harris Babilonicus murex, of three inches and a half in height; .Murex perverfus, three inches and a half; Trochus Pharaonis folaris ; Turbo chryfojio-mus, of a golden colour within; a Scalaris , of nearly two inches; Helix caracolla ; He- -lix amarula; a grouped Mitella ; Lepas; Spondilus gaderopus, of two inches with verylong thorns ; Area tortuofa, of three inches and a half; a white Hammerfijh, of fiveinches and a half, the arms more than fix inches long, a fide of it is wanting which is agreat pity; a Hammer , fix inches by fix; a Placenta, of three inches and a half; Cryjlagalli, mytilus ; a number of Argonauts ; numerous handfome Nautili, two of which Pom*pilii fix inches and a half in length, fome are painted. A fine vafe of rock chryftal, fixinches in diameter, with a hunt extremely well engraven on the infide, a little chipped.
A trifling collection of fifh and marine plants. Very beautiful infeCts of nearly threethoufand different forts, but feventy are wanting tomake the collection of thofe of Swe-den entirely complete. A quantity of amber of all deferiptions. A complete collectionof ftones and minerals. Mr. Ziervogel, in imitation of Mr. Thunberg, prefented after-wards his cabinet to the univerfity. The naturalifl mu ft be highly grateful to them foradopting this method of preferving to the public without difparagement, fuch truly valu-able collections.
A full mile from Upfal, by turning a little from the great road, you arrive at Moraf-tein : this is a fmall houfe on the left fide of the road, built over the fpot where formerlythe Kings were crowned ; over the door isinferibed —mora Jlenar, anno 1770. Theinterior of the room is twelve feet fquare; a number of ftones are ranged on the groundby the fide of the walls of different fizes, fome with characters engraven on them, butwhich are almoft wholly effaced. What follows is written on the fides of the chamberat a certain height, and appears to relate to the Sovereigns who have been crownedhere.
t{ Konunga Wal och hyllningar oro fordom har fkedda Konung ftenkil 1060. K.jnge.K. Magnus Ladulos D. J. 1276. K. Mag. ftnek. D. II. 1319. K. Eric, D. XIII. 1396.
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