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ceutist, Dr. Aquinas Ried, whose house we found one of 

 the most pleasant points of cordial re-union for the members 

 of the Expedition, had composed a chorus for male voices, 

 called '' Welcome to the Novara^'' which he led himself with 

 some of the members of the German Choral Union, the closing 

 strophe of which, 



" Sei einig nui- Germania, 

 So stehest du auch einzig da, 

 Das grosse Vaterland ! " 



was received with enthusiastic applause, and was greeted 

 with deafening cheers. 



This widely-expressed sympathy for German nationality 

 found expression in various other ways, not the least con- 

 spicuous being the marked courtesy to the Expedition mani- 

 fested by the natives of Chile itself, and in an especial degree 

 at Santiago, the capital, where public officers, naturalists, and 

 lovers of science vied with each other in welcoming such of 

 our number as went over to spend a few days there, and in 

 aiding them to carry out the object they had in view. 



With these scientific aims were united others of a political 

 nature, our Commodore having been honoured with H. I. 

 Majesty's commands to enter into a commercial treaty with 

 the free Republic of Chile. For this purpose Commodore 

 von Wiillerstoff had gone to Santiago in company with the 

 Austrian Consul-General, M. J. F. Flemmich, and the author 

 of this narrative, the two geologists and the draughtsman of 

 the Expedition having set out thither some days before. 



