[269] For this pet owl, see above, pp. [89], [160].
[270] “In a grassy hollow, by the side of a bright pool of water, lies a statue of the great Rameses, the most beautiful sculpture we have yet seen. There he lies upon his face, as if he had just laid down weary,” etc. Florence Nightingale's Letters from Egypt, 1854, p. 258.
[271] Augustus Hare's Story of Two Noble Lives, vol. ii. p. 350.
[272] At Edinburgh in the autumn of 1856; see above, pp. 321, 328.
[273] His article appeared in the Westminster for January 1859, and long extracts are given in Stanmore, vol. ii. pp. 141–8. Miss Nightingale read it in manuscript and contributed much material.
[274] The original members of the Barracks and Hospitals Commission were Mr. Herbert, Dr. Sutherland (Miss Nightingale's constant colleague), and Captain Galton (married to her cousin). It was appointed October 1857. Its General Report (presented to Parliament, 1861) was dated April 1861 (see below, p. [388]). It had previously issued many interim reports. Reconstituted, it ultimately became a permanent body (vol. ii. p. 64).
[275] See Bibliography A, No. 10.
[276] Professor F. de Chaumont in the 9th ed. of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Netley is, however, no longer the chief military hospital.
[277] Letter to Harriet Martineau, October 8, 1861. Large as were Miss Nightingale's schemes for army reorganization, she never dared to suggest the abolition of the Horse Guards and the retirement of its chief.