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scope, and the cysts] one cut open. I could not 

 get over the smell of the decaying piece of muscle 

 for hours. R. only laughed, and assured me that 

 in comparison to what surgeons had often to 

 meddle with, it was quite sweet ! ' 



The diaries of Mrs. Owen are now kept almost 

 without a break up to 1873, the year of her death. 

 In many places Professor Owen has corrected or 

 annotated passages himself. The following ex- 

 tracts are taken from the diary kept in 1836: — 



'January 5.— Richard went to Bruton Street 5 

 to cut up an ostrich. He is now engaged in 

 writing on the " paper nautilus," and there is a 

 lovely little specimen in spirits on the table.' 



' 26th. — R. went to a committee meeting at 

 Bruton Street about a museum. They are inclined 

 to take John Hunter's house in Leicester Square 

 for that purpose.' 



'February 16. — R. again all day at Bruton 

 Street. Home at 10 p.m. After supper he 



5 The Zoological Society had specimens were removed to the 

 a museum at 23 Bruton Street Gardens, Regent's Park, in 

 from July 1826 to the end of December 1843 and January 

 1836, when the specimens were 1844 ; and the offices to 11 Han- 

 removed to 28 Leicester Square, over Square, where they have 

 formerly the residence of John since remained. The meetings 

 Hunter. The museum existed for scientific business were held 

 there until the end of 1841, at Bruton Street, Leicester 

 when it was removed to Dufours Square, and 57 Pall Mall, dur- 

 Place, while the offices of the ing the several periods above 

 society were removed to 57 Pall mentioned. — Dr. P. L. Sclater, 

 Mall, and continued there until in litt. 

 the end of 1843. The museum 



