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canonised in our “Transactions” [of the Geological 
Society] ; and as his last and accurate dying 
speech is given by yourself ; and as H. von Meyer 
never saw the original and has only heaped error 
upon error by arguing from Mantell’s drawing, 
pray do not have his name of Canis palustris. 
‘ Give any nom de guerre you please, but for 
God’s sake and for love of me (qualifying it as 
much as you please) do let us show by the name, 
that you have defined a new fossil link.' Yield- 
ing to this earnest request, Owen named it Gale- 
cynus ceningensis. 
On October 9, 1846, we find Owen writing to 
his sister Eliza from Drayton Manor, where he 
had gone to stay with Sir Robert Peel. He 
travelled down with Samuel Rogers and Charles 
Eastlake, and gives the following interesting 
particulars of his stay there : — 
‘ The poet [Rogers], who is deaf, asked me if I 
could tell him who some of the people were [at the 
dinner party], who this, who that (he is getting old 
now). Sir Robert came to the rescue by “ Mr. 
Rogers, will you take a glass of Johannisberger ? ” 
Very agreeable chat with my right-hand neigh- 
bour, which led old Sam to say, “ But you can 
tell me who your friend is ?” After dinner Sir R. 
nsked many questions on Natural History and 
Physiology ; characters of races of men ; Sir 
James [Graham] joined, touching development of 
negro intellect in St. Domingo ; then it led to 
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