76 MEMOIR OF CAMPER. 



Toulouse, and of the Agricultural Society of Rotter- 

 dam. 



In 1779, the Academy of Dijon conferred its 

 Gold Medal on Camper, for a communication on 

 Specifics ; and he also this year sent a long paper to 

 the Royal Society of London, and published several 

 Essays in the Dutch journals. One of these was on 

 the Rhinoceros, which Professor Pallas inserted in 

 the Commentaries of the Academy of Sciences of 

 St Petersburg ; and the other was on the Rein-deer, 

 of which our space will not allow us to give the ana- 

 lysis which it richly merits. 



He this year visited Hamburgh, Zell, Hanover, 

 Gottingen, and Cassel, and left nothing unexamined 

 which was worthy of attention. In the first named 

 of these towns, he visited that Tower which has been 

 made so famous by the astronomical observations of 

 Tycho-Brahe ; at Zell he became acquainted with 

 die celebrated Zimmerman, and visited the tomb of 

 Liebnitz ; and at Hanover examined the museums of 

 Natural History, founded by Andrase and Ebel. 

 During his stay at Gottingen, his name was enrolled 

 among the members of the University, and he asso- 

 ciated with such men as Wiesberg and Blumen- 

 bach ; whilst at Cassel, he spent a considerable time 

 with So3mmering. 



Next year he renewed, and extended his travels 

 in Germany ; and passing through Brunswick, Magde- 

 berg, Brandenburgh, &c, made a considerable stay 

 hi Berlin. With this city he was much delighted, 



