1843-44 
‘BRITISH FOSSIL REPTILES’ 
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CHAPTER VII 
1843-44 
Further Evidence of the Existence of the ‘ D inornis ’ — Second Series 
of Hunterian Lectures commenced — Member of the Commission 
of Inquiry into the Health of Towns, 1843-46 — The British 
Association at York, 1843 — Member of the Literary Club, 1844 
— Lecture on the ‘ Dinornis’ at the Royal Institution, 1844. 
In January 1843 Owen wrote to his sisters on 
the subject of the expenses, &c., connected with 
his work on ‘ British Fossil Reptiles.’ 
‘ I am now hastening,’ he said, ‘the ddnoument of 
tny first and probably last speculation in the book- 
line — viz. my great work on “ British Fossil Rep- 
tiles.” The expenses will be i,ooo/., of which the 
British Association have advanced 250/. I print 
350 copies, and if I get 200 payzno- subscribers shall 
clear my expenses, having 150 copies for interest 
nf money sunk and profits. I am sanguine enough 
to expect no loss. Meanwhile, lithographic and 
zincographic draughtsmen make frequent calls 
ttpon my purse. The pension happily enables me 
to meet these without difficulty or anxiety .... 
Grace ' has witnessed a fortunate fulfilment of one 
His youngest sister. 
