•38 
PROFESSOR OWEN 
CH. IV. 
‘ And we gaily walked off to Eschricht’s 
quarters to chat and laugh over the unexpected 
incidents of the excursion. 
‘ I called on Mrs. Buckland the next morning 
— the Baron’s reception of us had confirmed her 
in her conclusions of the grandiosity of my fellow- 
travellers — and she heard, with mingled emotions, 
the facts of the case ; admitting, however, that 
the ladies of the Association could not have been 
better represented than by the fair and graceful 
young Danish bride.’ 
The following and last letter that was written 
by Owen to his wife during this tour is dated 
Heidelberg, September 25, 1838, and in it he 
says ; ‘We arrived here at twelve noon this day ; 
washed, shaved (we have been in the diligence a 
day and night), mended a large rent in my inex- 
pressibles, and got into trim to call on Professor 
Tiedemann. ... I have arranged to arrive at 
Antwerp and set sail — or steam I should say — 
for London and home on Sunday, 30th, and trust 
to clasp my best loved treasures in my arms 
on Monday or Tuesday. I have had a sore 
temptation to resist on the part of Agassiz, who is 
accompanied by Prince Lucien and the Buck- 
lands to Neuchatel this day, but I said that 
Switzerland must be another journey when you 
and I returned from Italy. . . . My reception at 
Freiburg has been most flattering, and my visit 
most agreeable. But the Germans work harder 
