138 PROFESSOR OWEN ch. iv. 



' And we gaily walked off to Eschricht's 

 quarters to chat and laugh over the unexpected 

 incidents of the excursion. 



' I called on Mrs. Buckland the next morning 

 — the Baron's reception of us had confirmed her 

 in her conclusions of the grandiosity of my fellow- 

 travellers — and she heard, with mingled emotions, 

 the facts of the case ; admitting, however, that 

 the ladies of the Association could not have been 

 better represented than by the fair and graceful 

 young Danish bride.' 



The following and last letter that was written 

 by Owen to his wife during this tour is dated 

 Heidelberg, September 25, 1838, and in it he 

 says : ' We arrived here at twelve noon this day ; 

 washed, shaved (we have been in the diligence a 

 day and night), mended a large rent in my inex- 

 pressibles, and got into trim to call on Professor 

 Tiedemann. ... I have arranged to arrive at 

 Antwerp and set sail — or steam I should say — 

 for London and home on Sunday, 30th, and trust 

 to clasp my best loved treasures in my arms 

 on Monday or Tuesday. I have had a sore 

 temptation to resist on the part of Agassiz, who is 

 accompanied by Prince Lucien and the Buck- 

 lands to Neuchatel this day, but I said that 

 Switzerland must be another journey when you 

 and I returned from Italy. . . . My reception at 

 Freiburg has been most flattering, and my visit 

 most agreeable. But the Germans work harder 



