144 BIOLOGY AND ITS MAKERS 
The latter point is of interest, as antedating the conclusions 
of Cuvier regarding the nature of fossil bones. Camper also 
made observations upon the facial angle as an index of in- 
telligence in the different races of mankind, and in lower 
Fic. 38.—CaMPER, 1722-1789. 
animals. He studied the anatomy of the elephant, the whale, 
the orang, etc. 
John Hunter (1728-1793), the gifted Scotchman whose 
museum in London has been so justly celebrated, was a man 
of extraordinary originality, who read few books but went 
directly to nature for his facts; and, although he made errors 
from which he would have been saved by a wider acquaint- 
