268 PROFESSOR OWEN ch. vni. 



honoured person in receiving the visit of so many 

 intellectually eminent persons ; all that he had 

 done was a duty and pleasure ; he only desired to 

 know the wishes of the Congress, he would fulfil 

 them to the utmost of his power ; regretted that 

 this was not much, and that he should be more 

 than repaid by the benefit which might be an- 

 ticipated to this beautiful part of Italy. The 

 Prince observed that that was the most delicate 

 expression, and in the best taste, for by using it, 

 instead of saying " to my kingdom," he made him- 

 self one of the assembly. . . . Whilst we were 

 waiting [for dinner] Robert Brown came in, sun- 

 burnt and blistered from* the effects of an excur- 

 sion to the summit of Vesuvius.' 



While in Rome Owen was the guest of Prince 

 Charles Lucien Bonaparte, and he says, in a 

 letter to Mrs. Clift (October 7, 1845): 'I have 

 seen St. Peter's, the Vatican, Colosseum by sun- 

 light and moonlight, and more than anybody else 

 ever did or could see in so short a time ; but 

 the Prince arranges everything, and his horses 

 are swift.' 



Before leaving Italy Owen visited Florence, 

 and in his diary writes : ' At Florence I had per- 

 mission of the Grand Duke to have a copy of the 

 portrait of Oliver Cromwell which hung as a pen- 

 dant to that of Charles I. in the room or gallery 

 of the Pitti Palace assigned to " Portraits of Great 

 Generals." The copy was made, at the recom- 



