and 
plan and objects of journey 23 
of about 5300 miles. The cost of the whole expedition 
^timate at about 30,000 kronor (_;^i67o). 
he scientific work which should be done may be 
comprised under the following heads : — 
1- 1 he construction of a topographical map of the 
entne route traversed. The determination of geographical 
Jtudes and longitudes wherever possible. The deter- 
*TUnation of fixed altitudes with the hypsometer or boiling- 
'■^^^^°™eter and three aneroids, and the indication 
^ them on the map. 
2- Geological investigations, the sketching of profiles 
contours, and the collection of petrological specimens. 
th ^ ■^*^^^’'°PC>iogical researches and measurements among 
c peoples we come in contact with. The photographing 
of racial types. Study of the religious beliefs 
t e semi-savage tribes, and their mode of living, etc. 
linguistic studies. 
4 - Archaeological researches. The description, measure- 
ment, and sketching of the ruins of noteworthy towns, 
burial-places, etc. 
photographing of towns, places of geological 
6. Meteorological observations. Periodical determina- 
ns of the temperature of the atmosphere, of the earth, 
1 of river and lake water ; ascertaining the amount of 
^^oisture in the atmosphere, the direction of the winds, 
the investigations. The depth of lakes, 
'''olume of water in the rivers, together with their 
^nriations at the different seasons of the year, the velocity 
^currents, their direction, etc. 
The collection of plants, particularly algae. 
^be keeping of a diary during the entire period of 
expedition. 
T his was the scheme which I laid before the King, and 
ich was stamped with his approval. Now that my work 
^ at an end, and I am able to compare the journey I 
anned with the real journey 1 carried through, I con- 
fti'atulate myself, that on the whole the two routes coincided 
