1 68 PROFESSOR OWEN ch. vi. 



" Punch " off the table, and showed me a caricature 

 of himself with a baby in his arms, and John Bright 

 as clown pulling it away ; but he said he did not 

 think the likeness as good as usual. He was 

 much amused with an anecdote which I told 

 him about R., who was coming down from town 

 one day, and bought " Punch " at the station, 

 with his lordship figuring in it in some ridiculous 

 way. When he got into the train he did not 

 notice the other occupant of the carriage, who had 

 got in just before him, and was beginning to laugh 

 loudly over the picture, when, on lifting his eyes 

 from the page, he was suddenly petrified to see 

 the original of the sketch sitting opposite. He has- 

 tily crammed " Punch" into his pocket, but was 

 in another moment relieved, and much amused 

 to see Lord R. produce a copy out of his own 

 pocket, and read it with much apparent enjoy- 

 ment.' 



'January 15. — R. went to dine at the Garrick 

 Club. Many old friends there — Mr. John Murray, 

 M. Du Chaillu, Mr. Pentland, &c. Our bust 

 of Shakespeare, which was bought by the Duke 

 of Devonshire, and presented to the Club, looked 

 very well.' 



Other references to his wide circle of friends 

 constantly occur in his letters. Thus, in January 

 1866, he went with Mr. Fowler to the Isle 

 of Wight, where he visited Alfred Tennyson. 

 On the 21st he writes to his wife from St. 



