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to Owen by Baron Pollock is of interest in 

 this connection : ' I spoke to Sir John Herschel, 

 whose reply you ought to know, as the index of 

 the opinion of the scientific world. He said : 

 ' Owens claims sweep everybody else ottt of the field.' 

 Lord Enniskillen also writes on the same 

 subject : — 



Florence Court : September 15, 185 1. 



1 My dear Owen, — What is this about Konig ? 

 Is he dead or pensioned off, or what ? Phil [Sir P. 

 Egerton] mentions in a letter from the North that 

 he hoped you would be appointed to Konig' s 

 vacancy. I have heard nothing of this : pray tell 

 me what has happened. 



' I am just going into Enniskillen to sit all day 

 on the bench to judge the folk, so can say no 

 more. . . . 



1 Your sincere friend, 



' Enniskillen.' 



As, however, the salary was reduced, and the 

 position offered was not such as Professor Owen 

 could reasonably accept, he declined to compete 

 against Mr. G. R. Waterhouse, who succeeded 

 Mr. Konig. 



The Royal Society awarded the Copley 

 Medal to Owen this year. Writing to his sister, 

 he makes the following remarks about it : ' I have 

 received the Copley Medal, which is the highest 

 honour in that way the Society has to bestow. 



