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PROFESSOR OWEN 
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lege of Surgeons the ‘ Baly medal, the first given 
since its foundation. 
The summer holiday was spent mainly in 
Ireland. On September 20 Owen writes to his 
sister from Florence Court ; ‘ I have been passing 
a very pleasant holiday with my old friend Lord 
Enniskillen. I leave to-morrow, sleep at Dublin, 
see my scientific friends and their museums there, 
and then sail for Holyhead, go on to Barmouth, 
spend a few days there, and then home.’ ‘ Your 
rival as regards my pen, ’ Owen writes to his 
sister, December 6, ‘ has been a monster kanga- 
roo, which I have been hunting for more than 
thirty years, and at length have caught, all but 
his feet. However, I cannot wait any longer for 
them, and so shall introduce him to the Royal 
Society next week, and prop him up as well as I 
can. ^ His head is a yard long, his bones and teeth 
(fossil) have been gathered from divers localities 
in Australia.’ 
Meanwhile, the struggle in Parliament over 
the new museum was gradually coming to an 
end. If Owen had not obtained all that he 
wished, he was more than satisfied with the result. 
The passing of the Bill gave an additional charm 
to the summer holiday of 1870. Writing to his 
wife on August 4, from Pendell Court, Owen 
says ; ‘ You would perhaps see that the Museum 
Bill has passed the House. They gave me four 
acres for the building, and 3,500/. We ask this 
