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collection of weapons, and human and animal remains from the 
cavern of Bruniquel in the Valley of the Aveyron. 
He loved to recall the series of Lectures given before the Queen 
in the “ White Drawing Room” at Windsor, when he astonished 
the Venerable Dean of Windsor with the information that ‘‘ tadpoles” 
turned into toads and frogs. 
There too were pleasant meetings (not for the promotion of 
science but of harmony), both at Lincoln’s Inn Fields, and at Sheen 
Lodge, and also at the houses of Dr. Farre, and Sir James Paget, 
when quartette parties met to discuss sweet music; when Owen and 
Waterhouse played on the violoncello and the violin. Mrs. Waterhouse 
and her daughter on the piano, whilst Paget, Farre, and others 
joined in. Alas! they are nearly all gone over to the great majority : 
into the land of the great departed, into the silent land—yet nut 
silent are the memories of their survivors who can recall some of 
those pleasant meetings long ago. 
Upon his retirement from office H.M. the Queen graciously con- 
ferred upon him the title of Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B., but in our 
memories he will still remain ‘“‘ Professor Owen.” 
With gradual decrease of his bodily powers, he passed away on the 
18th Dec., 1892. 
We stood by Sir Richard Owen’s grave on December 22nd, in the 
quiet churchyard of the little village of Ham, where he was laid to 
rest, by his own desire, beside his loving and faithful wife. 
To-day (January 21st) has witnessed one of the most representa- 
tive gatherings of men of science at the Royal Society which has 
been seen for years. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales occupied the 
chair, supported by H.8.H. the Duke of Teck, Lord Kelvin, and 
Lord Playfair; Sir James Paget; Sir A. Clark; Sir Frederick 
Leighton ; Prof. Huxley; Sir A. Geikie; Sir John Evans; Prof. 
Stewart; Sir William Flower, Mr. W. Percy Sladen, Dr. Giinther, 
Mr. Carruthers, Mr. Fletcher, Prof. F. J. Bell, Mr. E. A. Bond, 
Mr. Thompson, Sir H. Acland, Prof. Michael Foster, Dr. P. I. 
Sclater, Mr. T. Bryant, Sir George Stokes, Sir Frederick Abel, Prof. 
T. R. Jones, and more than 200 others were present, to consider the 
desirability of commemorating, by some suitable memorial, the 
eminent services of Sir Richard Owen in the advancement of our 
knowledge of the sciences of Anatomy, Zoology, and Paleontology. 
The first proposition, that there be a memorial, was moved by Lord 
Kelvin, Pres.R.S,, and seconded by the Rt. Hon. T. H. Huxley, 
F.R.S. The second, that the memorial be in the form of a marble 
statue, to be offered to the Trustees, to be placed in the Natural 
History Museum, which Owen did so much to establish, was moved by 
H.S.H. the Duke of Teck and seconded by Sir William Flower. Mr. 
P. Lutley Sclater moved that a Catalogue of Owen’s works be also 
prepared. and printed and given to each subscriber. Sir James Paget 
nominated the committee, and Mr. Bryant, President of the Royal 
College of Surgeons, seconded the motion. Sir Andrew Clark, Pre- 
sident of the Royal College of Physicians, nominated the Executive 
1 For which see the Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. for June, 1864, and Abstract, 
Grou. Mac., 1864, pp. 187-138. 
