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lished by the Norwegian government on the results of the late ex- 

 ploration of the deep sea lying between the western coasts of 

 Norway, Iceland, Jan Mayen, and Spitzbergen. The exploration 

 was made in the ' Voringen/ a steamer of about 400 tons, which 

 had been fitted out for that purpose ; and it was conducted by Pro- 

 fessor Mohn, whose work and reputation as a physicist, and espe- 

 cially in meteorology, are so well known to the scientific world. His 

 colleagues were the veteran Professor Danielssen, Professor G. 0. 

 Sars (a worthy son of a worthy sire), Hcrr Friele, and other natu- 

 ralists. This exploration occupied nearly three months in each of 

 the years 1876, 1877, and 1878. The first year's expedition was 

 divided into three cruises, and extended along the western coast of 

 Norway to the Faeroe Isles and Iceland, There were twenty-four 

 dredging-stations, at depths of from 90 to 18G2 fathoms, besides 

 five shore stations in Norway, Faeroe, and Iceland. The second 

 year's expedition was divided into four cruises, and extended from 

 Bergen to outside the Loffoden Isles within the arctic circle, and 

 from Tromso to Jan Mayen ; there were twenty-eight stations, with 

 depths of from 70 to 1760 fathoms, besides six shore stations in 

 Norway and Jan Mayen. The third year's expedition was divided 

 into three cruises, and extended to Vardo beyond the North Cape, 

 and thence eastward to Bear Island, and afterwards to Spitzbergen, 

 in 80° N. lat. The last expedition had thirty-six stations, with 

 depths of from 21 to 1686 fathoms, besides seven shore stations on 

 the arctic coasts of Norway, and in Bear Island and Spitzbergen. 



The publications, of which Herr Eriele's work, which we will 

 now mention, forms the eighth part, consist of the following 

 memoirs: — 1st, Chemistry, by Hercules Tornoe; 2nd, Fishes, by 

 Robert Collett ; 3rd, Gephyrea, by Professors Danielssen and Koren 

 (who have been so long associated in their excellent investigation of 

 certain branches of the marine Invertebrata of Norway) ; 4th, His- 

 torical account and apparatus, by the Commander of the expe- 

 dition, Capt. Wille, of the Norwegian Royal Navy ; 5th, Astronomical 

 Observations, Geography, and Natural History, by Professor ilohn, 

 and Magnetical Observations, by Capt. Wille ; 6th, Holothurioidea, 

 by Danielssen and Koren ; 7th, Annelida, by G. A. Hansen ; 8th, 

 the memoir by Friele ; and 9th, on the solid matter in sea-water 

 and oceanic deposits, by L. Schmelck. Other memoirs are pro- 

 mised. All of those already published are abundantly illustrated 

 by charts, maps, plates, and in other ways. The letterpress is in 

 Norse and English, showing on the part of our Scandinavian 

 brethren in science a great compliment to the widely spread language 

 of England. The distribution of this great and costly work has 

 been made on the most liberal scale, equal to that of scientific 

 publications by the Government of the United States. It may be 

 favourably contrasted with the parsimonious conduct of our own 

 Treasury in respect of the publications of the 4 Challenger ! expe- 

 dition. A copy of the last-mentioned publications ought to have 

 been presented not only to every university and academy in Europe 

 and America, but also to all the accredited authors in those depart- 

 ments of science which are treated of in the publications. Neither 



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