PROFESSOR OWEN 
CH. VI. 
In October 1865 Owen received a parcel 
of bones of the dodo, through the Bishop of 
Mauritius, and in acknowledging these important 
remains he says : — 
‘ Through your kind offices my eyes have at 
length been gladdened by the sight of the bones 
^ His Lancaster friend. 
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As for giving up work, poor creatures of habit and 
circumstances as we are! Not while I can do it 
and it comes in my way — at all events, in finishing 
what I’ve made good progress in. Ask Pearson 
[Langshaw] if he thinks it likely 1 ’ ' 
^ THE DODO. 5 natural size 
