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chiefly, though not entirely, amongst young 
lawyers, and in some cases his relationship with 
them was such as to lay the foundation of not 
3 - few lasting friendshijas.^ He also diligently 
t'isited the poorer classes of the neighbourhood. 
Owen at this time began to apply himself 
industriously to the dissection of such animals as 
died under the care of the Zoological Society of 
London, and this he continued to do for many 
years after, thereby gaining valuable materials for 
n^ost of his contributions to the ‘ Proceedings ’ of 
*^hat Society. He became a Life-Member in 1830, 
^as soon elected on the Council, and took an active 
share with their then Secretary, Mr. Vigors, the 
^ice-Secretary, Mr. Ed. Bennett, Wm. Yarrell, 
^nd Thos. Bell, in the establishment of the even- 
meetings for the purely scientific aims and 
'''orks of the Society, and the prompt publication 
cf the facts communicated on those occasions. 
These originally appeared as the ‘ Proceedings 
the Committee of Science,’ in 1830; and they 
•^ook the title of ‘ Proceedings of the Zoological 
Society of London,’ in 1833. A large proportion 
Owen’s zootomical researches is to be found 
these volumes. His first zoological paper 
(1830-31) was ‘ On the Anatomy of the Ourang- 
^titang,’ while in the same year he contributed 
his first surgical paper to the ‘ Trans. Med.-Chir. 
1830,’ ‘ An Account of the Parts concerned 
Notably with Chief Baron Pollock. 
