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PROFESSOR OWEN 
CH. IV. 
dition of the slaves. Our host got a little riled, 
for Jenny unexpectedly spoke out vehemently. 
“ Jefferson Brick ” declared that it was out of the 
question to think of treating the niggers as human 
beings. R. would not allow for a minute that the 
admitted inferiority of the negroes was any argu- 
ment in favour of the slave trade. It then ap- 
peared that cur host was possessed of two estates 
worked by slaves which fell to him through a 
mortgage, so the discussion dropped. After din- 
ner fenny was much pleased to sit and talk 
with R.’ 
On April 23, i860, Owen gave, by request 
of the Prince Consort, some lectures to the royal 
children at Buckingham Palace. 
‘ I think you may like to know,’ he writes 
to his sister, ‘ the arrangements made for these 
lectures. After consulting with me. Sir James 
[Clark] had a drawing-room at Buckingham Palace 
fitted up at one end with a large green-baize cur- 
tain, on which I have the selected illustrations 
fastened. Sofas and arm-chairs are arranged in 
a semicircle at a little distance from that end, on 
which sit the Prince Consort and the children ; 
behind them are seats for the lords and ladies 
and gentlemen of the Court. They muster about 
30 to 40. These enter first, and then the Prince 
wdth the children ; one day I had the Prince of 
Wales, on the other days all that remain at home ; 
the young sailor Duke of Edinburgh is amongst 
