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PROFESSOR OWEN 
CH. XII. 
some that more need them, or of accompanying a 
foreign anatomical friend, on the only day I have 
at liberty, who might come to London. 
‘ In general, when a town resident’s income 
equals or exceeds my own, I urge him to join with 
me in helping on the good work of the Zoolo- 
gical Society.’ 
The following extracts are taken from Mrs. 
Owen’s journal kept in 1853 : — 
'July II. — Went with R. to see the Aztecs 
at Hanover Square Rooms. Two most extra- 
ordinary dwarf children from Peru, whose minds 
seem to go no further than those of ordinary 
children of two or three years old. These were 
given out to be about fifteen. I soon attracted 
the attention of the boy by drawing objects he was 
likely to know on a piece of paper. He recog- 
nised a duck at once, pointing and nodding his 
head. A cat was not so familiar. They are very 
strange beings, and their proprietor seems to be 
making money.’*^ 
'August 4. — R. and I to Windsor to see the 
troops reviewed by the Queen in person. Her 
Majesty rode a black horse and had on a dark 
blue habit with gold trimming across the breast, 
like a general officer, and a pretty little hat with a 
white and red plume. She returned salutes in 
® Not long after this visit theAztecRace,follovvedbyaDe- 
Owen contributed to the Ethnol. scription of the so-called Aztec 
Soc. Journal ‘A Brief Notice of Children exhibited in 1853.’ 
