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Jfr0m Gibraltar la Cricste* 



From 7th to 26th August, 1859. 



First circumstantial details of the War of 1859 — Alterations in GiJoraltar since our pre- 

 vious visit — Science and Warfare — Voyage through the Mediterranean — Messina 

 — The Novara taken in tow by the W^ar-steamer i«c«rt— Gravosa — Ragusa — Arrival 

 of H. I. H. tlie Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian at Gravosa— Presentation of the 

 Staff— Banquet on board the screw corvette Dandolo — Pola — Roman Amphitheatre 

 — Porta Aurea — Triumphal return to Trieste — Retrospect of the achievements and 

 general scientific results of the Expedition — Concluding Remarks. 



Eighty-two days elapsed between the departure of the 

 Novara from Valparaiso and her arrival in the harbour of 

 Gibraltar. They had been as many days of dreadful trial 

 and disaster for our country! While the good ship was 

 careering along in mid ocean, and in an unusually short 

 space of time had sailed over 10,600 nautical miles, the for- 



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