'857-59 the prince AND THE PROFESSOR 85 
Aberdeen. Bell-ringing, population cheering. 
Convener, Provost, and I waited in the Hall to 
receive the Prince and conduct him to the plat- 
form. When he had sat down on my right hand, 
I took the chair, and, silence being restored, rose 
a-nd spoke for a few minutes ; motioned H.R.H. 
into the President’s chair, and took his. ... I 
send with this a copy of H.R.H.’s address. He 
read it with good effect. We then re-conducted 
him to his carriage, and all went off perfectly well 
and quite to my satisfaction.’ 
The Prince Consort, in the address referred 
to, spoke of Owen in the following terms : — 
‘ If it were possible for anything to make me 
®till more aware how much I stand in need of 
your indulgence, it is the recollection of the 
person whom I have to succeed as your President 
— a man of whom this country is justly proud, 
and whose name stands among the foremost of 
the naturalists in Europe for his patience in 
investigation, conscientiousness of observation, 
boldness of imagination, and acuteness in reason- 
iag. You have no doubt listened with pleasure 
to his parting address, and I beg to thank him for 
the flattering manner in which he has alluded to 
nie in it.’ 
On the 20th Owen writes again to his wife ; — 
'To-morrow (Wednesday) I go to Sir James 
Clark’s to dine and sleep, and next day to Bal 
''^oral, where Her Majesty gives a ddjeuner to the 
