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BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
Screntiric Misston to THIBEt. 
In a Glasgow Paper of the autumn of last year the following 
information was given, under an article headed “ Political Mission 
to Thibet—Scientific Investigations.” —From the Delhi Gazette. “A 
correspondent of the Sfar writes in reference to the arrangements 
for the Thibet Mission, that it will, in the first place, settle the 
boundary of Ghoolab Singh’s territories in that direction ; although 
there is some mystery made about its aims being purely commercial 
and unconnected with politics. After this is completed, the 
members push directly northward into Yarkund, and winter at a 
place called Koten. They are under orders not to move into Inde- 
pendent Tartary and Toorkistan on any account, because of the 
bigoted Moslemim in that direction. The party then separate,— 
one individual goes almost directly east (we believe Capt. Cunning- 
ham), and drops gradually upon Lassa; another skirts the Sampoo 
river towards the same capital (Lieut. Strachey) ; and a third (Dr. 
T. Thomson) proceeds botanizing along a range of mountains in the 
same line. After eighteen months, it is expected that the party 
will be reunited at Lahore (qy. Lassa) ; unless the Chinese Com- 
missioners behave more courteously to Capt. Cunningham than he 
. 8t present expects, and permit him to penetrate further eastward 
into the territorie of the Celestial Empire."— The real object 
of this interesting expedition has not been made public ; but so 
far as we can gather from the Indian newspapers, it is com- 
posed of three Commissioners—Capt. Cunningham (son of the 
. deceased poet), an experienced officer of engineers—Dr. Thomas - 
. Thomson (son of the celebrated chemist of Glasgow), a distin- 
~ guished naturalist—and Lieut. Strachey, an enterprising traveller, 
= who lately succeeded in reaching the Manasarewa lake. The 
party left Simla about the 10th of August—amply supplied with 
Instruments and provisions for two years, and were last heard of 
at Rampoor. It is understood that they are to proceed to 
2 Shipkee, on the Sutlej where they will eross the river, proceed. fe 
in a north-east direction across the Indus, and follow its course — — 
