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the Minister of Marine, Admiral Acton ; to the other members 
of the Expedition, to its munificent patrons, Oscar Dickson 
and Alexander Sibiriakoff, to Bove, the Italian officer, who 
took part in it, &c.—Monday the 23rd. Audience of the King. 
In the evening a grand reception at the Palazzo Teano, where 
almost all that was distinguished and splendid of Koman 
society appeared to be assembled.—Tuesday the 24th. Dined 
at the Quirinal with King Humbert. There were present, 
besides the King and his suite, the Swedish minister, the 
members of the Vega expedition. Prince Teano, President of 
the Geographical Society; Commendatore Negri; Cairoli, 
Premier; Acton, Minister of Marine; Malvano, Secretary of 
the Cabinet; Major Baeatieei, and the Italian naval officer, 
Eugenio Parent, a member of the Swedish Polar expedition 
of 1872-3, and others. In the evening, reception by the English 
minister, Sir A. B. Paget, and a beautifully arranged fSte at 
the Scandinavian Union, at which a number of enthusiastic 
speeches were made, and flowers and printed verses were dis¬ 
tributed.—Wednesday the 25th. Farewell visits. Some of the 
members of the Expedition travelled north by rail. Captain 
Palander made an excursion to Spezzia to take part in a cruise 
on the large ironclad Duilio. The others remained some days 
longer in Home in order to see its lions, undisturbed by 
official fetes. 
While the Vega lay in the harbour of Naples she was literally 
exposed to storming by visitors. The crew were on several 
occasions invited to the theatres there by the managers. Ex¬ 
cursions to Pompeii had besides been arranged for them by the 
consul for the united kingdoms, Clausen, who spared no pains to 
make the stay of the expedition at Naples honouring to the 
mother-country and as pleasant as possible to the guests, as well 
as in arranging the more formal details of the visit. We 
bad besides the joy of meeting in Italy our comrade from 
the severe wintering of 1872-3, Eugenio Parent, who soon 
