188 PROFESSOR OWEN ch. vi. 



a fair start at the concluding part of my " Odonto- 

 graphy." 



The following entries occur in the diary for 

 the October of this year : — 



' October 22. — R. with Mrs. Yarrell to see a 

 lion at the Surrey Gardens. It used to belong 

 to Lord Waterford, and ran loose in his grounds 

 in Ireland. As it not unnaturally became a 

 nuisance, he sold it. Cross 2 has also a black 

 leopard.' 



' 26th. — R. wrote to-night in answer to a letter 

 from Dr. Buckland, who sent him a pholas in its 

 hole, with the marks of the boring. ' Dr. B.'s 

 triumph will be short-lived. I can fancy him 

 rubbing his white nose as I have often seen him 

 do, half in vexation and half in merriment, when 

 he reads the reply.' 



About this time Owen and his wife saw a good 

 deal of Mr. and Mrs. Darwin, as the following 

 entries in the diary show : — 



! October 31. — Mr. Darwin here to breakfast' 



4 November 10. — With R. to Gower Street, 

 to see Mr. and Mrs. Darwin. Mr. D. had his 

 arm in a sling.' 



1 i$tk. — Went to see Gould's birds — not to be 

 imagined till seen. The great dragon lizard now 

 set up excellently. Strange that the Chinese 

 should have the idea of a creature so much like 

 it. After dinner this evening Mrs. Darwin, Mr. 



2 Of the Surrey Gardens. 



