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Beaven of the Bengal Staff Corps, who has already distinguished 

 himself b}^ his collections of natural history in various parts of 

 India and Burmah ; Geology by Mr W. Blandford, the deputy- 

 superintendent of the Geological Survey of India ; and Botany, it 

 is expected, by Dr Birdwood, curator of the Victoria Museum, 

 Bombay. Other nations are availing themselves of the same 

 opportunity. The King of Prussia has despatched the African 

 traveller Gerard Rohlfs, to join the expedition as a scientific ob- 

 server ; and the King of Italy has sent two staff officers of eminence 

 to profit by observation of the military operations. 



D. M'G. 



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