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PROFESSOR OWEN 
CH. VII. 
and after the evening meeting went to Jermyn 
Street. Lord Enniskillen, Dr. Buckland, Mr- 
Murchison, Dr. Fitton, Mr. Broderip, &c. Each* 
obliged to sing a song. Mr. Broderip put in the 
chair, with Lord E.’s dressing-gown and a dis- 
reputable old college cap. R. was “executioner.”’ 
This was nearly the last meeting of the merry 
geologists at the ‘three ones,’ as 1 1 1 Jermyn Street 
was called. At a later meeting this year Lord 
Enniskillen was arraigned before their Court on 
account of his intention of getting married. In 
reply to ‘ a sly question in the corner ’ of a letter 
which he afterwards wrote to Owen, concerning 
a smashed glass at the above entertainment, the 
latter writes : — 
‘ I declare, upon my honour, and call Justice^ to 
witness, that the glass was cracked about midnight, 
just before our party broke up, in the most mys- 
terious manner. I held it still in my hand, as 
sober as 2. judge, and had merely placed it on the 
table with a slight emphasis in harmony with 
the sentiment which formed the soul of our last 
libation.’ 
On November 23 a strange visitor came to 
the College of Surgeons, in the shape of a North 
American Indian chief. ‘ Richard had just come 
in about six o’clock when there was a ring at 
the bell and in another minute there suddenly 
stalked in a magnificent, tall American Indian 
■* Broderip. 
