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ring. The screw- corvette Dandolo shortly after anchored 

 near us. 



About noon the Archduke came on board, and inspected 

 the crew and ship, after which he expressed himself in the 

 most kind terms to the officers of the ship and the scientific 

 corps of the expedition. The Archduchess afterwards had a 

 levee, at which the officers and naturalists had the honour of 

 being presented to her Highness, who addressed to each a 

 few gracious words of welcome and interest. 



In the evening there was an elegant banquet of forty 

 covers, at which the Archduke presided, his consort also 

 sharing in the festivities, during which his Highness distin- 

 guished the members of tlie Expedition in proposing the 

 toast, '' The men of the Novara^ whose names will belong to 

 Austrian history." 



On 23rd August our frigate, accompanied by the Lucia and 

 the screw-corvette Dandolo, sailed for Pola. Shortly before 

 our departure the Archduke again came on board, and him- 

 self brought witli him a long list of promotions. The entire 

 crew were promoted one grade, and all the midshipmen were 

 made officers. 



On the 25th August we passed, during the morning, the 

 light -tower of Promontore, standing on a solitary rock that 

 rises out of the sea, hardly a cable's length from the shore, 

 and at 11 reached Pola, the chief naval arsenal of Austria. 

 Here we "availed ourselves of the stoppage to visit some of 

 the classical monuments of Pola. 



