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chiefly, though not entirely, amongst young 

 lawyers, and in some cases his relationship with 

 them was such as to lay the foundation of not 

 a few lasting friendships. 2 He also diligently 

 visited the poorer classes of the neighbourhood. 



Owen at this time began to apply himself 

 industriously to the dissection of such animals as 

 died under the care of the Zoological Society of 

 London, and this he continued to do for many 

 years after, thereby gaining valuable materials for 

 most of his contributions to the ' Proceedings ' of 

 that Society. He became a Life-Member in 1830, 

 was soon elected on the Council, and took an active 

 share with their then Secretary, Mr. Vigors, the 

 Vice-Secretary, Mr. Ed. Bennett, Wm. Yarrell, 

 and Thos. Bell, in the establishment of the even- 

 ing meetings for the purely scientific aims and 

 works of the Society, and the prompt publication 

 of the facts communicated on those occasions. 



These originally appeared as the ' Proceedings 

 of the Committee of Science,' in 1830; and they 

 took the title of ' Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society of London,' in 1833. A large proportion 

 of Owen's zootomical researches is to be found 

 in these volumes. His first zoological paper 

 (1830-31) was ' On the Anatomy of the Ourang- 

 outang,' while in the same year he contributed 

 his first surgical paper to the * Trans. Med.-Chir. 

 Soc, 1830,' ' An Account of the Parts concerned 



2 Notably with Chief Baron Pollock. 



