Excerpt from Mammalia: Deer, Antelopes, Camels, &C Stephens. He studied botany under Elliot, and as tronomy under Short, and was instructed in the use of the microscope by Baker, who was then applying this instrument with sotmuch success to objects of natural history. Camper seemed determined to al low no opportunity of amassing knowledge to escape him, and although his views embraced a wide range of subjects, he was never satisfied with a superficial: glance, nor trusted to the reports of others, when there was a possibility of examining with his own eyes. Accordingly, he visited the principal manu factories, and was indefatigable in collecting instruc tions from artists of eminence in every department. His eager curiosity even extended to the details of naval architecture, to the study of which he devoted a considerable portion of time. He was in the ha bit, during all his travels, of making notes of every thing he saw and learned; and he made sketches on the spot of every object of which a delineation could be useful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.