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Rh that institution, and in 1764 elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. It was in 1767 that he first made the acquaintance of Banks, who, when he had in the following year resolved to accompany Cook to the Pacific, induced Solander to go with him. His situation in the Museum was kept open for him, a deputy being put in to act during his absence with Banks. An extract from a letter from Ellis to Linnæus gives a clear idea of the arrangements made for the journey:—

On his return from the South Seas, Dr. Solander was installed under Banks's roof in Soho Square as his secretary and librarian; and at the British Museum he was advanced to the post of under-librarian. A short time after his return