MEMOIR OF CAMPER. 
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Hunteis, Magellan, De Luc, &c. Next year he 
ti^ansrnitted to the Koyal Society a memoir upon 
the fossil bones of unknown fishes wl)ich are found 
on Mount St Pierre, at Maestrieht, a valuable pro- 
^ uction, from wliich wo might easily quote many 
interesting passages, but to which we shall only re- 
as in the Philosophical Transactions for 1786. 
He this year also published a short description of 
the Dugon — the Halicore of Cuvier, belonging to 
the Older Cetacea^ and of the Siren lacertirui of 
Linnaeus. Of the former, he says, this very rare 
animal deserves to be better known, more espe- 
cially as the great naturalists of the age, Aitedi, 
Klein, Linnteus, Buffon, Pennant and Brisson, have 
only thrown us into confusion about it. At the close 
of these interesting papers, he remarks, “ I am de- 
■ghted with this opportunity of describing to my 
fellow countrymen two fishes which had not pre- 
viously been accurately described by any naturalist.” 
About this time, also, he sent to the Natural History 
ociety of Berlin two memoirs, one On the Classifi- 
cation of Fishes according^ to the System of Linnaeus; 
ant another On the Unicorn, which was published in 
* s transactions. Finally, during the concluding 
yeais of his life, he transmitted to the Petersburgh 
following subjects: — On 
tc ossil Bones of unknown and rare Animals ; 
^ n t e Head of the Bisson ; On the Gigantic Head 
a Buffalo ; On the enormous Teeth of an Ele- 
