Geographical Notes

Abstract

THE Vega reached Naples at 1.30 P.M. on Saturday, the 14th. Prof. Nordenskjöld and his staff received a warm reception from representatives of the Italian and Swedish Governments. Prof. Nordenskjöld has been made Grand Officer, and Lieut. Palander Commander of the Ordef of the Crown of Italy. On Monday the explorers were entertained at a grand banquet. The French Institute will hold its annual meeting on March I, under the presidency of M. Daubrée, who will deliver an inaugutal address, the subject being Prof. Nordenskjöld's expedition. It is expected that the professor will land in France on that day. He will stop at Marseilles and Lyons, where he will be received by the local geographical societies and authorities. The Paris Geographical Society will send a delegation to Marseilles. Prof. Nordenskjöld will receive the gold medal of the Society at Paris, in the large hall of the Sorbonne. The several learned societies of Paris will send delegations to witness this ceremony, which will be followed by a grand banquet on the succeeding day. It is expected that Prof. Nordenskjöld will reach London in about a month's time, but his present intention is not to give a public address. He does not feel himself sufficiently master of English for this purpose, and,fmoreover, as might he surmised, he has an aversion to “starring.” The botanists and zoologists of the expedition will go overland, visiting all the museums with Arctic collections, and will rejoin the Vega at Copenhagen.