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the Academy of Sciences to accompany the Expedition, and it was 

 not originally intended that there should be any other Naturalist. 

 However, by order of the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Lord 

 High Admiral of the Indian Navy, and Prime Mover of the voyage 

 of the JYovara, Dr. Scherzer already named, and the following gen- 

 tlemen were added. 



4. Mr. J. Zelebor, in charge of the Ornithological Department, 

 of the Imperial Museum, an able Ornithologist and Taxidermist, 

 accompany the Expedition as 2nd Zoologist, specially for the 

 higher classes of animals. He has travelled in Persia and Egypt, 

 whence he brought back a remarkable collection of live animals. 

 Mr. Zelebor was on the point of starting for the West Coast of 

 Africa for the special purpose of bringing back a live specimen of 

 that extraordinary monkey Troglodytes Gorilla, (the great Chim- 

 panzee,) when he was ordered to join the Expedition of the Novara. 



5. Dr. Schwartz, one of the Physicians on board, was added to 

 the staff of Naturalists for the purpose of making Medical Inqui- 

 ries and Botanical collections. He has already obtained many ob- 

 jects of great value, amongst which may be mentioned the skeleton 

 of a Bushman from South Africa. 



6. Mr. A. Felineck, of the Botanical Garden at Vienna, attach- 

 ed to the Expedition as Seed-Collector and Conservator of Vegeta- 

 ble Products. 



7. ^'Mr. Selleny, one of the most talented Painters in the Aus- 

 trian Capital. 



8. The whole Expedition is under the charge of Baron Wullers- 

 derf, himself an eminent Astronomer and Physicist. He was for- 

 merely Director of the Observatory at Venice. These Naturalists 

 have been furnished with printed instructions, compiled by the most 

 eminent Savans in Austria. The venerable Humboldt himself con- 

 tributed a long list of Physical and Geological Inquirenda. The 

 Expedition will make a stay of some weeks amongst the Nicobar 

 Islands, the two larger ones of which are to be surveyed. The Fri- 

 gate will then proceed to Java, New Zealand, &c. 



