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and you will be satisfied .that the industrious mer- 

 chant knows how to amass treasures which, in his 

 quiet retreat, assist him in admiring the wonders of 

 creation." The subjects involved in these lectures, 

 including the antique models, the mosaic of Pales- 

 trina, the statements of Pausanias, and the epigrams 

 of Martial, were such as he expatiated upon with 

 delight, and into which we regret that we must not 

 follow him, " Besides all this," he exclaims, " through 

 our very love of these delightful studies, we enjoy 

 the felicity of communicating the discoveries we 

 make to thousands of our fellow-men, thus scatter- 

 ing the profusion of our riches without diminishing 

 the amount of our knowledge or of our enjoy- 

 ments." 



His popularity as a lecturer, combined with the 

 general estimation in which he was held, led to the 

 solicitation of another class of his fellow-citizens, that 

 he would lecture to them on a very different sub- 

 ject. The requisitionists were the lawyers, the sub- 

 ject, Legal Medicine. This request was made in 

 1773, the last year of his sojourn at Groningen ; and 

 it was no sooner made than complied with. The 

 course was attended among others, by most of his 

 colleagues in the University, and also by the Magi- 

 strates of the City. The most marked tokens of ge- 

 neral approbation were not wanting, and these were 

 ever to Camper the richest reward for all his la- 

 bours. 



We have still to introduce to the notice of our 



