The Hawaiian gazette., 1875-07-28

these circles has a centre resembling the
nave Of a wheel. from which radiate five
distinct, cquidistant spokcs. The circum-
ference Of The wheel (insidel is jagged, as
if provided with sharp teeth. All the out
lines arc double, and very clearly marked.
Besides these objects the visitor IS
shown new vitreous sponge (Poliopogon
Amadon) crossed by "ncedles of glass
Ri all directions This was found IN q
depth Of 1000 iathoms Also a new lIol.
0thuria, found in the southern Ocean, AZ a
depth ct nearly ll00 ialhoms. Also Myo.
goonS aud l.crnWids, together with The
nyoerinus. the Scrolls and othcr such AMI
mails
Tho Challenger Is, We believe, TO pro.
coed hence 10 New Zealand, and aitcr-
waNls to mako a short cruise in The Pa
oi6c. should she visit the FUnn Group.
many Interesting discoveries will doubt
less be made, Amongst other things, the
rather mysterious pcriodicity Of romark'
able sca,worm (which regularly makes It's
appearance once a yoar--ahout Che end Of
NOvemher--on some OF the rOuls, IN GorO
Seal may perhaps ho satisfactorily invcs.
tigatod and explained The natives cali
the "balolO," aud It's existence scoms 90
be we'll known TO Europeans. Whether
IL is species OF lIolothuria or an Ophelid
AnneGd does not appear to have been ye,
ascertained. The FJians esteem It very
great delicaoy. Some few further obsor'
vations relative 10 the Challenger and her
expedition, derived from reliable au-
thority I, may, in conclusion, be not unac-
ceptable TO our readers. IL appears that
the Challenger, selected for this great cir
COMMUNICATING Exploring expedition, is q
main.deck corvette of 2306 tons, whose
commander Captain G. 5. Mares, X. NJ
is well known as the author of valuable
work on seamanship, much in use in the
British navy. Captain Mares has, we be-
heve, seen great deal of active service (;
having been engaged at one time in the
exploration of the Arctic regions, and,
subsequently, in the survey in the Gulf of
Suez. From the last named duties he was
called home to take charge of this expo
dition. Second in according
TO the authority above referred t0-is
Commander ]. Z. Maclear, r. n (son Of
Sir Thomas Maclear, late Astronomer
Royal at the Cape of Good Hope) who has
also seen a great deal of service in various
parts of the world, and whose name is IA
miliar from his having taken part in the
Eclipse Expedition TO Spain, and also in
that to Ceylon. Captain Maclear under
takes, we believe, the magnetic observa-
tions, which form part of the work Of the
expedition. The other naval officers are
list lieutenant, Pelham Aldrich; end
lieutenant, Arthur G. Bromley 3rd lieu
tenant, George r. Bethel; navigating lieu
tenant, Alfred Z. lizard sub-lieutenants,
II. c. Sloggett and Lord George Camp
bell; paymaster, II. II. Richards; chief
engineer, James II. Ferguson
OF the scientific staff of the Challenger
Expedition the following distinguished
gentlemen received their appointments
from the Admiralty in October, 1872:
Professor Wyville Thomson, +. II. $. &c,
Director of the Scientific Staff Under
Professor Thomson, are-(1.) Mr.. J. J.
Wild, of Zurich, who accompanies the di-
rector Of the staff as his private secretary.
This Mr.. Wild was for some time private
secretary to the learned Able MOigno, and
is an accomplished artist. (2.) MIR. j. Y.
Buchanan, NJ. A., of Edinburgh; who is
the chemist to the expedition. This gen
teman was formerly senior assistant in the
Chemical Laboratory of the Edinburgh
University, and had the advantage Of
prosecuting his studies in chemical science
in Germany-at Leipsie and elsewhere
(3) Mr.. II. N. Moseley, NJ. A, of Oxford,
one of the three naturalists of the expe-
dition. Mr.. Moseley is pupil of Professor
Rolleston, and was enabled by Radcliffe
Travelling Scholarship "to study biology
further at Vienna and Leipsic. He was
also member of the late Eclipse Expedi-
ton to Ceylon. a. DR.. Won Willemoes
Suhm, also naturalist to the expedition,
was for some time assistant to Professor
Won Siebold, of Munich. Dr. Suhm has
distinguished himself by his papers in
Siebold and Kolliker's ''Archives on An
nelids." (5.) Mr.. John Murray, of Edin-
burgh University, also naturalist to the
expedition, is a Canadian by birth, who
has great experience as a taxidermist, and
in the collection and preservation of verte-
brata generally. He has Travelled extern
sively in Canada and has also been far into
high ATTITUDES on a whaling cruise. Over
all this staff of picked nen, Professor Wy
vile Thomson has been placed by the
Admiralty authorities it being under
stood that all his time not taken up with
the superintendent of the scientific inves-
LEGATIONS in their various branches, is to
be devoted to preparations of reports. &c,
and geological work. DR. Suhm and Mr..
Moseley direct their attention principally
to animals of the sub-kingdom of inverte-
brata, and Mr.. Murray attends to the
" vertebrates." Botanical collections de-
volve chiefly upon Mr.. Moseley. An
experienced photographer (who is non
commissioned officer in the Royal En-
gineers), is also attached to the party
The expedition is under the photographic
department of the Admiralty, but the ar
have been made with the adj
vice and direct concurrence ola committee
of the Royal Society.
The Challenger has an auxiliary screw
of 400 nominal horsepower, and is adapt
ed to carry about a months supply of coal
She carries also two cutters, steam pin
mace, a whaleboat, jolly boat, two gigs,
and dingy. She was specially fitted out
for her present use; the arrangements for
the scientific work having been made I'M
der the eye Of Professor w. Thomson. The
has been prepared for the