59 SUCCESS OF LECTURES 6i 
^'ntes ; ‘ Their success had exceeded my utmost 
Expectations. Milman, Lord Lansdowne, and the 
Puke of Argyll hardly missed one. I am arrang- 
with John Murray to publish them. Sir R. 
^^urchison made a grand party for Carry and me. 
^uor Lady Franklin was there, also General 
Sabine and Dr. Livingstone.’ 
, In a letter dated February 27, 1857, Sir 
Roderick thus refers to Owen’s first lecture and 
'^o his work at the Museum : — 
' I never heard so thoroughly eloquent a 
lecture as that of yesterday ; and I can assure you 
'^hat I have not in the course of my life been more 
S’^utified than by the proofs which Owen gave of 
admirable qualifications for carrying out those 
^'gher behests which, as a Trustee of the British 
^luseum, it has been my pride to have warmly 
"Assisted in promoting. It is the first time I have 
^^d the pleasure of seeing our British Cuvier in 
true place, and not the less delighted to listen 
’■E* his fervid and convincing defence of the 
principle laid down by his great precursor, 
^very one was charmed, and he will have done 
l^tore (as I felt convinced) to render our institution 
^’^ourably known than by any other possible 
event.’ 
At this time Owen saw much of Dr. Living- 
^'■°ne, who was preparing for.publlcation an account 
his African experiences. The great traveller 
presented Owen with a large elephant’s tusk. 
