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But she Is never that, and I have seen her look 
quite beautiful when singing. 
As the summer of 1863 advanced, the beauties 
of Owen’s garden again fill his letters. _ On June 
5, 1863, he writes to his sister Marla^ a long 
account of its glories, and concludes : ‘ Will s holi- 
day began yesterday, and I accompanied him and 
a young friend of his to Ascot, my first appearance 
on that stage. We went by train, and at the 
Twickenham Station 1 was recognised by the 
young Comte de Paris and the Due cl’Aumale, 
who Rallied me on my gay propensities. Of 
course I found many who knew me, whom I did 
not know, and had divers civilities proffered, but 
declined all save one cigar. Enjoyed the races 
much— a glorious day. The young Prince of 
Wales drove, in state, to the ground.’ 
In this year Professor Owen published his 
interesting ‘ Memoir on the Aye-Aye ’ {CAiromys 
niadagascariensis). I n the course of this memoir he 
points out in the case of this little Madagascar 
quadruped the striking instances of the special 
adaptation of parts to certain uses. 
‘ The aye-aye is stated,’ he remarks, ‘ to sleep 
during the heat and glare of the tropical day, and 
to move about chiefly by night in quest of wood- 
boring larvae. The wide openings of the eyelids, 
the large cornea, and expansile iris, with other 
structures of the eye, are express arrangements 
for admitting to the retina and absorbing the 
