MEMOIR OF CAMPER. 
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|•<■joicing in the company of its learned men, of whom 
Nicolai, Lecat, Bode, and Walther, may be named ; 
examining- the cabinets of Bloch and Gerhard, and 
attending the meetings of its several learned Socie- 
ties, of which he was admitted a member. At Pots- 
dam, he had the honour of being introduced to the 
hereditary Prince, who then filled the throne of 
Prussia, and next day he was admitted to the palace 
of the great Frederick, who granted him a long au- 
dience, in which the arts and sciences were particu- 
larly discussed, and Camper was astonished not more 
with the extreme afiability of the monarch, than with 
his extensive knowledge. He also spent two days 
with Prince Henry, the brother of Frederick, and 
ever afterwards spoke with delight of the happiness 
he had experienced in visiting a Court where merit 
had such easy access to the tlirone, and wliich not 
only protected learned men, but vouchsafed to them 
Us bounties and its charms. 
On his return home. Camper again engaged with 
his writings and scientific labours. Among these, 
one of the most remarkable, as shewing the versati- 
lity of his powers, was “ On tlie best form of shoes," 
a work which lias been thought worthy of being 
translated into French. It has been stated, that when 
Camper was in company with some of his elder 
pupils, the conversation turned on the heat subjects 
foi Medical Dissertations, when it was maintained 
t at they were nearly exhausted. The professor 
opposed this view', and contended that a subject the 
