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Scientific Intelligence, [no. 6, new series, 



SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 



The Scientific Expedition of the Austrian Frigate <e Novara." 



His Imperial Austrian Majesty's Frigate Novara is now in the 

 Indian seas on her voyage by circumnavigation, having arrived from 

 the Cape of Good Hope and Rio de Janeira. The vessel left Trieste 

 in April 1857, with instructions to be absent for 3 years. 



The staff of Savans attached to this exploring expedition is 

 composed of the following gentlemen. 



1. Dr. Carl Scherzer, known through his travels in Central and 

 North America, performed in company with Mr. Moritz Wagner. 

 The narrative of his visit to Nicaragua, Paraguay, &c, under the 

 auspices of the British Government has been published both in 

 German and English : he accompanies the expedition for the pur- 

 pose of making Ethnological and Statistical Inquiries. 



2. Dr. Ferdinand Hoch Stetter, Member of the Geological In- 

 stitution of Austria, Physicist and Geologist to the Expedition, son 

 of the traveller where Abyssinian plants were -distributed to the 

 subsribers to the Uris itineraria. This gentleman has published a 

 variety of Geological and Mineralogical researches, amongst which 

 is a Geological map of Bohemia. He is in charge of numerous sets 

 of valuable lithographs, and of duplicate collections of minerals 

 supplied by the Geological Institute of Vienna, with a view to re- 

 ciprocal interchange with the Scientific Societies of Eastern Asia. 



3. Dr. G. Franenfeld, the Custodier of the department of In- 

 vertebrate Animals in the Imperial Museum at Vienna. He accom- 

 panies the Expedition as 1st Zoologist, especially for the lower 

 classes of animals. He is well known from his travels in Egypt, 

 his Report upon Gall Nuts, his description of the parasites on 

 Cheixoptira, &c, published in the Transactions of the Zoological 

 and Botanical Association of Vienna. He is a most indefatigable 

 Naturalist. Franenfeld and Hoch Stetter were specially selected by 



