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mendation of the Grand Duke, by Michele 

 Cortazzi.' 



On his way back to England Owen stayed a 

 short time at Cologne, where he made the usual 

 visits to the places of interest. At St. Ursula's 

 Church, however, his attention was attracted to the 

 bones of that saintly lady's virgin companions, 

 many of which he very soon discovered to be 

 those of horses and other animals. 6 



Owen did not reach London till November 5, 

 owing to the ' fogs on the Rhine,' which delayed 

 him two days. 



On November 1 1 we find him busily at work 

 again, for he writes to one of his sisters from the 

 College of Surgeons : ' Since my return I have 

 prepared for press the No. XI. of my " Brit. Fossil 

 Mammals," which I hope you will receive at the 

 beginning of next month, and I have made some 

 progress with the final number, so that work will 

 be completed by the end of this year. I have 

 next to write and print the volume on " Verte- 

 brated Animals," which will complete my Lec- 

 tures on the Comparative Anatomy of Animals 

 generally. I intend to lecture on the Vertebrata 

 next spring, so the same work will serve for both 

 purposes. These labours don't depend on bright- 

 ness of sky, and I find a vast consolation in them 

 for the great change between October in Italy and 



,; The tradition concerning Murray's Hci7idbook for North 

 these bones will be found in Germany. 



