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drography of this tract, we shall take the first opportunity of laying at length be- 
fore the public. 
New Expedition inio the Interior of Africa.—The success of Mr. Caillé has 
increased the desire to renew the efforts made to obtain satisfactory information. 
on the central districts of Africa. Captain West has been selected by Govern- 
ment to perform this dangerous task. He goes first to Constantinople, to obtain 
firmans from the grand seignor for the Mussulman chiefs of Africa, and many 
hopes may be placed on the success of the expedition. 
Captain Ross’s Journey to the Arctic Regions. —We have not heard any thing 
of Captain Ross since his last departure from the coast of Scotland, where a slight 
derangement of the machinery detained him some time. It is not decidedly 
known whether he is to touch at Hammerfest or on the coast of Norway ; if not, 
it is probable we may hear of the expedition on the return of the whalers. 
Prizes of the Geographical Society of Paris.—1si, Gold medal, ees 1000 
francs, for the most important discovery made in 1828 2d, For discoveries i in 
the interior of Africa, 500 francs to the traveller who may have penetrated from 
Darfour, upon the banks of the Misselad, Ke. A similar prize for a voyage from 
the Misselad, or from Ouaro to Lake Tchad. 3dly, 2500 francs to found a 
prize for the traveller whe may have arrived at the spot called Marawi, believed to 
be situated about 532° E. long. and 16° S.lat. 4¢thly, A gold medal of 2400 franes 
for travels in ancient Babylonia and Chaldea, to be allotted in the first general 
assembly of 1830. Sih, Oceanica, medal of 1200 francs at the same period. 6th, 
American antiquities, gold medal, value 2400 francs, for a detailed description of 
the ruins of Palenqua, to be given at the same period. 7ih, 2400 francs for a 
voyage into the southern parts of Caramania, for 1831. 8th, 7000 francs for a 
veyage of discovery into the interior of Guiana in 1832. 9th, A prize of 800 
francs, and one of 400 francs, for a physical description of any part of the French 
territory, constituting a natural region,in 1830. 10th, One of 100 francs for every 
geometrical leveiling of a notable part of the course of the firths and principal 
rivers of France, in 1830. - 11th, A similar prize of 100 francs, for every exact 
and extended barometric levelling made upon the lines dividing the great basins 
of France, in 1830. 
Feidelberg.—The usual annual meeting of the German naturalists, Professors 
Tiedemann and Gmelin, managers, was to take place in this town on the 18th of 
September. 
New Voyage round the World.—A new scientific expedition is at this mo- 
ment preparing itself at Toulon. The sloop Caroline is destined for a voyage © 
round the world. She will be commanded by Mz. Laplace, captain of a frigate. 
It appears that, aftzr having touched at Teneriffe and at the Cape Verd islands, 
the expedition will go to Rio Janeiro, from thence to Chili, will double Cape Hom, 
and go to explore the coast of California, not yet sufficiently known. The Ladrone 
Islands, New Holland, New Guinea, and some parts of the coast of China will 
be visited in succession, and the expedition will return by the Straits of cad 
Isle of France, and the Cape of Good Hope. | 
Oceanica.. Netherland Colonies. —The engineer geographers of Netherland” 
still continue, by the king’s order, their survey of the different parts of the Ne- 
therland colonies. The minister of the marine hast just ordered the maps to be © 
sent into Europe as they are successively drawn up. During the time of his ad- 
aalesen the Baron de Capellen prosecuted these labours with great activity. 
Papcaitinns of the United States.—The government of the United States has 
just sent off, at its own expense, three ships to explore the Pacific Ocean, seek 
