PROFESSOR OWEN 
CH. VI. 
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a fair start at the concluding part of my “ Odonto- 
graphy.” . . ^ 
The following entries occur in the diary for 
the October of this year : — 
‘ October 22.— R. with Mrs. Yarrell to see a 
lion at the Surrey Gardens. It used to belong 
to Lord Waterford, and ran loose in his grounds 
in Ireland. As it not unnaturally became a 
nuisance, he sold it. Cross ^ has also a black 
leopard.’ 
‘ — R. wrote to-night in answer to a letter 
from Dr. Buckland, who sent him a pholas in its 
hole, with the marks of the boring. Dr. B.’s 
triumph will be short-lived. I can fancy him 
rubbing his white nose as I have often seen him 
do, half in vexation and half in merriment, when 
he reads the reply.’ 
About this time Owen and his wife saw a good 
deal of Mr. and Mrs. Darwin, as the following 
entries in the diary show ; — 
‘ October 31. — Mr. Darwin here to breakfast.’ 
‘ November 10. — With R. to Gower Street, 
to see Mr. and Mrs. Darwin. Mr. D. had his 
arm in a sling.’ 
‘ 15M. — Went to see Gould’s birds — not to be 
imagined till seen. The great dragon lizard now 
set up excellently. Strange that the Chinese 
should have the idea of a creature so much like 
it. After dinner this evening Mrs. Darwin, Mr. 
^ Of the Surrey Gardens. 
