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IMEMOIK OV CAJTI'EH. 
clianical arts was afterwards of use to Iiim in the 
proseeution of liis more important pursnits. 
In drawing, ho Iiad the able instructions of Le 
Chevalier Moor and liis son ; and in that art, and 
also in engraving, which formed another of his fa- 
vourite amusements, he made extraordinary profi- 
ciency. Tlirong'hout the whole course of his life, 
he derived immense advantage from the skill with 
which lie used the pencil, in delineating every oh- 
ject in which he was interested, whether among the 
objects of art or nattne, or the offspring of his own 
conceptions. The use to which he turned these ac- 
tiuirements, is calculated to shew in a strong light 
the importance of the.se arts as branches of early 
education. 
He was indebted to L.aborde for Ids first lessons 
in geometry, and was instructed in natural philoso- 
phy by Muscbenbroeck ami Gravosande, who were 
the intimate friends of liis father, and whose names 
will he ever illustrious in the annals of science. 
I'rom these pursuits he was led to the studv of me- 
dicine, of which the elementary branches liave so 
close an alliance with the physical sciences ; and 
having entered the University of Leyden, ho be- 
came the pupil of Gauhius, Von Kooyen, and the 
elder Albinus, — Boerhaave being at this time inca- 
pacitated, by the infirmities of age, from continuing 
his exertions as a public teacher. Camper earned 
the first fruits of his academical labours, by receiving 
in 1746, the degree of Doctor in Philosophy and 
