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PROFESSOR OWEN 
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‘ i^th. — R. off with Mr. Gould to Woburn on 
a fishing expedition — an arrangement made long 
since. They put up at the “ Bedford Arms,” and 
drove together in a butcher’s cart to a stream 
about four miles off. Good sport, and plenty of 
trout caught.’ 
‘ 22nd. — R. very hard at work all day. His 
“ Fossil Mammalia” came in last night with the 
delectable words “ The End ” printed, but there 
is still a great deal to do — Introduction, &c.’ 
'J^lne 6. — R. and I to Albemarle Street at 
eight to hear Mr. Murchison lecture at the Royal 
Institution on the “ Ural Mountains.” Unfortu- 
nately, the most interesting part had to be crowded 
into a few minutes at the end of the lecture, 
owing to the time.’ 
By the beginning of July the ‘ Odonto- 
graphy ’ was completed, and Owen mentions the 
fact in a note written to his wife on July 10. 
‘ I found a pile of copies of my “ Odontography,’ 
looking very grand in new covers and India 
paper. Your father is now reading the preface. 
Mention must be made of Owen’s election 
this year into the famous club founded by Dn 
Johnson and limited to forty members, which B 
known as ‘ The Club.’ The date of his election 
was May 20, 1845. Strangely enough, in this 
club he filled the place once occupied by Olivet 
Goldsmith, for, since ‘ The Club ’ was composed 
purely of representative men, and literature was 
