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ney into the East which he has prosperously accomplished, 

 has made a most valuable addition to the literary treasures of 

 the university of Copenhagen, in a collection of one hundred 

 and thirteen manuscripts in various oriental languages, and of 

 great antiquity. Of these, thirty-three belong to the Persic 

 literature, including very ancient copies of the Zendavesta. 

 The rest relate to ancient Indian literature, and are written in 

 the ancient Indian and Malabaric dialects. — Revue Encycl. 



NEW VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. 



Portsmouth, Sept. 22. — We have just been visited by a 

 navigator of great celebrity, who is going on his third voyage 

 round the world, — Captain Otto Von Kotzebue, who accom- 

 panied Captain Krusenstern, and afterwards made a voyage 

 to the South Sea, and North East coast of America, in 

 a small vessel fitted out at the expense of that munificent 

 patron of science Count Romanzoff! On the present oc- 

 casion he is sent by the Russian Government, and nothing 

 has been neglected to insure the success of the voyage. 

 The ship was built last winter expressly for the voyage. 

 She is a corvette, called the Enterprise, carrying 24 guns, 

 and manned with a crew of 80 men and 13 officers, all 

 volunteers from the Imperial navy ; she has on board two 

 physicians, both well versed in Natural History — one of them 

 is Dr. Eschscholz, who accompanied Captain Kotzebue on his 

 late voyage. The Astronomer is Mr. Preiss ; Mineralogist, 

 Mr. Lintz; and professed Naturalist, Mr. Hoffman. These 

 gentlemen are all from the University of Dorpat. Immedi- 

 ately on his arrival, Captiiin Kotzebue went to London to re- 

 ceive the astronomical instruments and the chronometei's, 

 which had been previously ordered by the Imperial Govern- 

 ment for this expedition. The astronomical instruments are 

 made by the celebrated Troughton, and by Jones instrument 

 maker to the Admiralty. The chronometers are by Park- 

 inson and Frodsham, whose improvements In these machines 

 have obtained much well-merited praise, since their superi- 

 ority has been so fully proved in several of the late scientific 

 voyages, especially Captain Parry's to the Polar Sea, and 

 Captain Sabine's to the coast of Africa. As the object of 

 this expedition is said to be not so much for new discoveries, 

 as to make accurate surveys, and most strictly to deter- 

 mine, by astronomical observations, the real situation of many 

 uuportant pcjints, we cam)ot but applaud the judgement and li- 

 berality of tlie Imperial Government in apj)lying to the above 

 eminent artists lor the numerous histruments required for the 



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