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and the ascent to it were richly ornamented with French tri- 

 colours and Swedish flags, beautiful Gobelins, and living plants. 

 A number of speeches were made, after which the President of 

 the Municipal Council, on the part of the City of Paris, pre- 

 sented to me a large, artistically executed medal as a memorial 

 of the voyage of the Vega} In the evening a grand dinner 

 was given by the Societe de Geographie, with several eloquent 

 speeches : for King Oscar (General Pittie), for President Grevy, 

 for the prosperity of France (Prince Oscar), for the Vega ex- 

 pedition (M. Quatrefage), and so on. — Tuesday the 6th. Dinner 

 given by the President of the Republic, M. Grevy, to Prince 

 Oscar and the Vega men then in Paris. — Wednesday the 7th. 

 Dinner given to a numerous and select company of French 

 savants by the then President of the Geographical Society and 

 of the Institute, M. A. Daubree. — Thursday the 8th. Dinner 

 to a small circle at Victor Hugo's house, where the elderly poet 

 and youthful-minded enthusiast in very warm, and I need not 

 say eloquent, words congratulated me on the accomplishment ot 

 my task. Eeception there the same evening. 



Here ended our visit to the capital of France. Thoroughly 

 exhausted, but bringing with us memories which shall never 

 pass away, we travelled the following day to Vlissingen, whither 

 the Vega had gone from Falmouth, under the command oi 

 Brusewitz. We had been compelled to decline warm and 

 hearty invitations to Holland and Belgium from want of time 

 and strength to take part in any more festivities. The anchor 

 was weighed immediately after we came on board, and the 

 course shaped for Copenhagen. At noon on the 15th we passed 

 Helsingborg, which was richly ornamented with flags for the 

 occasion. Already at KuUaberg we had been met by the 

 steamer H. 1\ Prior, with Lund students on board, and eight 

 other steamers with deputations of welcome and enthusiasts for 

 the voyage of the Vega, from Copenhagen, Malmo, Helsingborg, 

 and Elsinore. Tlie number of passengers was stated to be 1,500, 

 including a number of ladies. Songs were sung, speeches made 

 fireworks let off, &c. At night we lay at anchor in the outer 

 road of Copenhagen, so that it was not until the following fore- 

 noon that we steamed into the harbour, saluting the fort with 

 nine shots of our little cannon, and saluted in turn by as many. 

 Wliile the Vega was sailing into the harbour, and after she had 

 anchored, there came on board the Swedish Minister, Baron 



1 The medal was accompanied by an "extrait du registre de proces- 

 verbaux du conseil municipal de la ville de Paris," a caligraphic master- 

 piece illuminated in various colours and gold. The Conseil munivipal also 

 ordered a detailed description of the fete to be printed, with the title 

 Relation officielle cle le reception de AI. le Profeaseur NordensMold par le 

 conseil municipal de Paris le lunt'i 5 Avril 1880. 



