,8o PROFESSOR OWEN CH. VI. 
recently acquired French “ Nautilus pompilius.” 
R. is very glad that this specimen should have 
been examined in Paris, rather than by him again, 
for it has fully proved the accuracy and value 
of his description of the first specimen. The 
position of the nautilus with regard to the shell is 
now proved to be correct in R. s plate, and De 
Blainville, who, with one or two others, insisted 
upon its being wrong, now says; “ Je n’ai pas 
hesite a reconnaltre, quoi qu’on en ait dit, que vous 
avez parfaitement saisi les rapports de 1 animal 
avec la coquille.” ’ 
The following incident is recorded in the 
diary : — 
' Febmcny 26. — Went with R. to see Joanna 
Baillie.' Miss Maria Edgeworth was there. 
We took Willie with us, who began to fidget after 
he had finished his tea. Joanna Baillie said to 
him, “Are you very tired of us?” and was 
delighted to hear him answer honestly, “ Yes.” ’ 
Of Owen’s great affection for his son we have 
constant evidence in his letters. Indeed, in 
scarcely any letter written at this period to his 
wife or sisters does he omit to .speak of him. 
'March 27. — Lord Northampton’s evening 
party. Richard very tired, and thought he would 
not go, but about eight Dr. Buckland looked in, 
bag and all, and said, “ Oh, you had better come.” 
So after some dinner R. felt better, and they 
’ Poetess, and surviving relative of John Hunter. 
