222 PROFESSOR OWEN ch. viii. 



On his return journey Owen visited Naples 

 and Malta. 



' The Ambassador's yacht was put at our dis- 

 posal to take us on to Naples from Malta, as the 

 steamer for Syracuse and Naples could not wait. 

 It is wonderfully swift, and beautifully fitted up. 

 The ground for this favour was the opportunity 

 of having the sanitary condition and water-supply 

 of the forts, barracks, and island generally sur- 

 veyed and reported on by my fellow-traveller, 

 Mr. Fowler, assisted by the old " Commissioner 

 for the Health of Towns." While at Malta I 

 inspected the Museum, and was kindly received 

 by the keeper, who had some fossils to show me, 

 and then went on to see St. John's Church, which 

 is a museum in itself of marbles and mosaics. 

 On Sunday we went, by Admiral Sir Hastings 

 Yelverton's invitation (he is the late Lady Hast- 

 ings' husband), to morning service on board the 

 flagship. The boat was in waiting for us, and we 

 were rowed to the ship at ten. The service was 

 held 'tween decks, and was exceedingly well sung. 

 After service went over the " Lord Warden," and 

 after luncheon Mr. Emerson had provided car- 

 riages for a drive to that part of the coast where 

 St. Paul was wrecked. He read to us on the 

 spot the account of the shipwreck in the Acts, 

 which brought the whole scene plainly and vividly 

 before our eyes. A quiet dinner with Emerson 

 closed the day.' 



