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PROFESSOR OWEN 
CH. X. 
enormous expense, but it is worth it. Our consul 
at Cairo is taking care of it, and it is being nursed 
there, consuming I am afraid to say how many 
pints of milk per day. It is intelligent and a great 
favourite, and has red spots on its skin after 
bathing [“ due to extravasated blood,” Professor 
Owen notes].’ 
Boys party here, for the last day of the 
old year. 7 hey had a toy theatre, and performed 
‘ Der Freischtitz, ’ to the accompaniment of blue 
and red fire, &c. In spite of long waits, and 
some arguments hominem) behind the scenes, 
R. sat it all out with the greatest patience.’ 
On this day Owen wrote a letter to his sister 
Eliza, giving a short summary of his work during 
the past year : ‘I have safely received the promised 
present of wax models [of the anatomy of the 
torpedo] from the Grand Duke of Tuscany, sent 
in a right Royal fashion. They are very beautiful, 
and of at least 300/. value ; I have presented them 
to the College. 1849 has been productive of 
“ Parthenogenesis,” the “ Nature of Limbs,” and 
the beginning of my big book on “ British Fossil 
Reptiles,” a new course of lectures, and the com- 
pletion of the “ Catalogue of Osteology ; ” besides 
some minor matters on chimpanzee, chelonian, 
carapace, &c. Smithfield runs away with some 
time , but that will conclude, I think, my sanitary 
labours. The good work is in train, and cannot 
now be stopped.’ 
