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Imlf the size of an ordinary octavo volnnie. This 
treatise on this interesting family, thougli it could not 
no\v-a-days be regarded as a complete monograph of 
the genus, yet exhibits great knowledge for the time 
>t tvas composed, and unwearied perseverance in the 
'^Incidation of the subject. Wo do not assert that 
tdl the opinions which it promulgates would now be 
admitted as correct, but we unhesitatingly affirm, 
that there is a vast collection of curious and original 
matter contained in the essay, especially much mi- 
nute detail in comparative anatomy; and that any 
'"•e wishing to make himself master of the subject, 
nnd of the successive steps by which correct views 
(lave been entertained, would be a great loser if he 
"eg'fcted to make himself thoroughly acquainted with 
*'ie labours of Camper. 
One circumstance is particularly conspicuous in 
‘"tr author's work on the Monkey tribe, as indeed it 
’ll 111 all his treatises on the different subjects of na- 
tural history which he undertakes to elucidate, and 
'’’e shall here take occasion to mention it, once for 
” 11 , as a marked characteristic of all his investiga- 
tions ■ — wc allude to the patient research he inva- 
iiably displays in investigating what was previously 
l^nown on the subject, whether contained in the 
"ritings of the ancient naturalists, such as Aristotle, 
tjaleii, &C. or found in the works of Eustachius, Ve- 
salius, and others, who, on the revival of learning, 
led the way to renewed scientific observation. He 
t us does much to connect the knowledge of former 
