The Hawaiian gazette., 1873-01-08

Dowx among the mountains Of Maine lives 8
ro1zh specimen Of farmer, Eel-to-do as it goes
With his ueighbors, bot seldom seen s., church.
A new minister came into the place. aad in call
Ing among the people. happened one day to reach
Uaele Lutbers just at dinner time He was in
vited 70 cone IN ard when diuaer was o. the taGle,
70 hitch up bis chair. When they were all
seated, Uncle Lutbsr ngdged hin under the table
and says. Nor touch hs1- Of. P'usoa-~ Had
be been aboat the world less. be woald hardly
have taken that Tor an Invitation to say grace
TEE British Admiralty are about to dispatch
scientific expedition 70 eircumnsvizste the globe
he vessel selected i the corvette ChzIleuger $50
tons, 10 be commanded By G-S. Mares, R y, author
Of vaiuable work OF seamanship. who has seen
great deal Of acrivs service formerly in Arctic
pIoratou, ard artsrgy in the SBez survey, which be
nov leaves 10 head this expedition o. the scien-
tfac star are Prof wyrille Thompson, z r aS
director; J. Y. Baehauan, q Ediuburgh University
As chemist; 4 y. Nosely, Of Oxford, naturalist;
Or. Yea wIueuoeS Suhn, naturalist, John Murray,
Of Edinburgh University, u.iuralizt The three nat
uraliss take charge respectively OF the nvsrtebrata
the vertebrats, and botany Prot Thompson as
ssues the charge Of the general znologiesl WORK
Photographer i also sssigued 10 duty. Tue whole
expedition Is under the immediate direction OF the
hydrozrzpaic department Of the Admiralty, and the
shfp s fitted out With maguifcrur collection Of
scientific apparatus.
The ChzTeuger viii sail from Portsmouth, for
Gibraltar the first haul Of the drrdge befuz made in
the Bay OF Bscay, If the weather should chance to
be favorsble- From Gibraltar she will proceed 10
Madeira, thence to 81 Thomas, the Bahamas. Der
mada, the Azores; from thence to Bahia, touching
AZ Fernando dc NOrouha; then across TO the Cape
Of Good Hope, and ssfer stay in that neghborhOod
southwark to the CrUzet and Marion Islands aud
KergueIen's Land A run southwark viii then Be
made ss FAR IS possible 10 the ice and the course
theuce De made to sydney. New Zealand, the
Campbell and Auckland groups, Torres Strait, New
GuineA znd New Ireland viii then be visited
long cruise Of perhaps a year VIII then be made
smoug the Pacific Stands; thence the expedition,
passing between Borneo and C-lebes, aud visiting
Luzou and its neighborhood, VIII proceed TO japan,
where stay Of two or three months is expected
Thence uorthEard TO Kamschstka, whence s run
VII De made uoTthWard through Behriug Strait,
and YancoEver's Island, ard 50 through the deep
eastern region Of the Pacfc b. Easter Island, and
possibly BY the Galapagos Archipelago to the Horn,
and thence home. The voyage i expected to take
about three snd half years.
It IS difsealt. says Satlrs, to oyer-estinats the
immense beueft which science must derive from an
expedition such as this. Apart from the results Of
iuteose interest which may be expected from the
deePsea work (the principal object Of the e1Pedi-
ton and which must 20 far to eIueidafe 4 subject
90 which oar knowledge is ct present Of the most
imperfect deseiPtion,l abundant opportunity vii
Offer for the accurate Investigation Of the animal
and vegetable life Of many highly interesting and
vel iuperfeetly known or totally uue1plored re-
gious The Investigation a the fora Of such islands
s. Fernando De Noro1ea and the Marion and Crozet
group cannot fail TO yield most Instructive results
and It Is needless TO speak Of the intense interest
which centres in New Guinea