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themselves to the 95t!i degree, wliich is by no means 
*0 pleasing." 
In such occupations and labours as these were ten 
years of Camper’s busy and active life passed amidst 
a celebrity which was daily increasing. Often used 
he to say that he considered the years he spent at 
Groningen, as among the happiest of his life ; and 
probably he would never have quitted this residence, 
had not the wishes of his wife, and his own anxiety 
*0 superintend the education of his children, induced 
^■tn to make the sacrifice of his own enjoyments, 
and once more to remove to the neighbourhood of 
Franeker, at the academy of which town his sons 
'^’ere to be placed. 
In this comparative retirement, being relieved from 
a variety of public avocations, he rejoiced to find 
time upon his hand.s, which he might employ in the 
prosecution of his scientific pursuits. Some years 
previous to his quitting Groningen, the small-pox 
had been committing great ravages, and he exerted 
himself much in endeavours to mitigate the fearful 
plague. Inoculation was then making its vvay from 
Ragland over the Continent, and he was among the 
last to promote its adoption. The early experi- 
aaents wliich he made in artificially inducing the 
•lisease, under favoiwable circumstances, shewed him 
"8 comparative safety, and consequent value ; and he 
accordingly strongly urged its adoption in a pamphlet, 
tvhich was speedily translated into German at Leip- 
