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ideas, and add vastly to our knowledge. The British gov- 

 ernment will send out one of its vessels this fall to the same 

 ground for the purpose of deep-sea exploration, and it would 

 be very mortifying if our government, which has always 

 taken the lead in enterprises of this kind, should fall short 

 of the expectations of men of science. Dredges of the most 

 approved character, and every variety of apparatus that has 

 been devised and found useful w T ithin the past few years, 

 should be supplied, and trained experts should be invited to 

 accompany the expedition, so as to secure the best possible 

 results. It is not necessary to make voluminous collections 

 of natural history on such expeditions, as the most interest- 

 ing objects are usually those that can be compassed in a 

 small space, and whatever the Navy Department may do in 

 this direction will be gladly received as an earnest of its sym- 

 pathy with the scientific movements of the day. 



It is, of course, to be presumed that notning will be omit- 

 ted in the way of deep-sea thermometers, current indicators, 

 etc., such as belong to the more purely physical portions of 

 the inquiry, as but little additional outlay will furnish the 

 material for completing it in every possible direction. New 

 York Herald, July 2, 1872. 



SOUTH POLAR RESEARCH. 



We have already presented to our readers an account of 

 the proposed exploration of the south polar region by Dr. 

 Neumayer, of Vienna, and we see by the reports of the Geo- 

 graphical Congress at Antwerp that he brought the subject 

 before that body for its consideration. The Congress prom- 

 ised its hearty concurrence in the plan of the learned doctor, 

 and appointed a committee to devise the best methods of 

 securing the success of this enterprise. Mitth. Geoyrap/i. 

 GeseUschaft, Wien, 1871,438. 



SWEDISH NORTH POLAR EXPEDITION. 



The Swedish North Polar Expedition, under Professor 

 Nordenskjold, after various delays, left Tromso in the iron 

 steamer Polhem on the 21st of July. The professor is ac- 

 companied by two medical men, a naturalist, an Italian naval 

 officer, a first mate, two engineers, ten picked seamen, and 

 four Lapps for attending the reindeer, from forty to fifty of 



