26o PROFESSOR OWEN ch. vm. 



' ijth. — R. off with Mr. Gould to Woburn on 

 a fishing expedition — an arrangement made long 

 since. They put up at the " Bedford Arms," and 

 drove together in a butcher's cart to a stream 

 about four miles off. Good sport, and plenty of 

 trout caught.' 



' 22nd. — R. very hard at work all day. His 

 " Fossil Mammalia" came in last night with the 

 delectable words " The End " printed, but there 

 is still a great deal to do — Introduction, &c.' 



'June 6. — R. and I to Albemarle Street at 

 eight to hear Mr. Murchison lecture at the Royal 

 Institution on the " Ural Mountains." Unfortu- 

 nately, the most interesting part had to be crowded 

 into a few minutes at the end of the lecture, 

 owing to the time.' 



By the beginning of July the ' Odonto- 

 graphy ' was completed, and Owen mentions the 

 fact in a note written to his wife on July 10. 

 ' I found a pile of copies of my " Odontography," 

 looking very grand in new covers and India 

 paper. Your father is now reading the preface.' 



Mention must be made of Owen's election 

 this year into the famous club founded by Dr. 

 Johnson and limited to forty members, which is 

 known as ' The Club.' The date of his election 

 was May 20, 1845. Strangely enough, in this, 

 club he filled the place once occupied by Oliver 

 Goldsmith, for, since ' The Club ' was composed 

 purely of representative men, and literature was 



