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But to this letter Owen apparently never 

 replied. 



The holiday was short. In November, Pro- 

 fessor Owen gave two lectures at Bradford, and 

 afterwards two at Newcastle. From Bradford he 

 wrote a long descriptive letter to his wife (Novem- 

 ber 16, 1867), extracts of which are given below : — 



' . . . On Tuesday and Thursday we drove to 

 the Lecture Hall at 8.30 each day, and got back 

 soon after 10 ; I slept well after holding forth to 

 large and apparently gratified audiences. To-day 

 the members of the Philosophical Society give 

 me a dinner. Yesterday I was driven over to see 

 the wonderful establishment for woollen and alpaca 

 at Saltaire. ... I was most struck, I think, with 

 the spectacle of the men, women, and children 

 leaving for dinner at 1 2 o'clock. 



' Returned to Bradford in time to dress for 

 another public banquet, in which I had to respond 

 to Science and Literature. From the dinner we 

 adjourned to the great music-hall, crammed in the 

 centre with four thousand operatives : the haut 

 ton of Bradford (I was obligingly informed), male 

 and female, were in the side boxes. Addresses 

 were delivered by various political notabilities. I 

 was much interested, having a good seat on the 

 platform, near the chairman, and came in, on 

 entering, for a round of applause. . . . On Wed- 

 nesday morning I had a seat on the bench to see 

 the Mayor administer justice in the Town Hall, for 



