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ing of Lord and Lady Houghton and their 

 daughter, aged thirteen, R. and myself, and one or 

 two others. After seeing the College gardens, in 

 full bloom, called on Sir Benjamin Brodie. Re- 

 turned that evening to Richmond Park, found 

 Mr. John Ella 1 there, who stayed for a day or 

 two. He played all the evening, while we had the 

 large telescope out on the verandah and looked at 

 Jupiter. Next morning Professor Babbage came. 

 He sent in a curious bit of metal, like a cogwheel, 

 with his name in red on it, and the words, " No 

 cards." Believe it is a bit of his calculating 

 machine.' 



Owen spent part of his August holiday in 

 Scotland. He writes to his sister, in a letter dated 

 August 5, care of J. Fowler, Esq., Inverbroun 

 Lodge, by Dingwall, Ross-shire, N.B. : 'If you 

 glance at a map of Scotland you will see the west 

 coast, opposite the Isle of Skye, indented with deep 

 inland bays. One of these forms the large lake I 

 look out upon as I raise my eyes from the paper 

 to the window. It is enclosed by mountains, the 

 furthest shutting out the sea, and bathed in the 

 deep pearly blue light that poor Robson knew so 

 well how to render. Yesterday our drive took us 

 to rocky chasms, waterfalls, and mountain " tarns," 

 the road in part like those Swiss roads on the 

 edge of a precipice, but safe enough with the 

 steady horses ; though, by the way, when we got 



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