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But to this letter Owen apparently never 
replied. 
The holiday was short. In November, Pro- 
fessor Owen gave two lectures at Bradford, and 
afterwards two at Newcastle. From Bradford he 
wrote a long descriptive letter to his wife (Novem- 
ber 1 6, 1867), extracts of which are given below : — 
‘. . . On Tuesday and Thursday we drove to 
the Lecture Hall at 8.30 each day, and got back 
soon after 10 ; 1 slept well after holding forth to 
large and apparently gratified audiences. To-day 
the members of the Philosophical Society give 
me a dinner. Yesterday I was driven over to see 
the wonderful establishment for woollen and alpaca 
at Saltaire. ... I was most struck, I think, with 
the spectacle of the men, women, and children 
leaving for dinner at 12 o’clock. 
‘ Returned to Bradford in time to dress for 
another public banquet, in which I had to respond 
to Science and Literature. From the dinner we 
adjourned to the great music-hall, crammed in the 
centre with four thousand operatives : the haul 
ton of Bradford (I was obligingly informed), male 
and female, were in the side boxes. Addresses 
were delivered by various political notabilities. I 
Was much interested, having a good seat on the 
platform, near the chairman, and came in, on 
entering, for a round of applause. . . . On Wed- 
nesday morning I had a seat on the bench to see 
the Mayor administer justice in the Town Hall, for 
