ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

Press, Volume XLIII, Issue 6545, 14 September 1886, Page 3

ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

Csgtaia i-att-trong, of Siydney. has reeerr-d tbe foOowing tetter from Baron Warn M_*_Wr» dated Melbonrne, August _3-hr—

"Yoan-aybe aw-ie, dear C_p__in ArmaVa_g, __at I hays urged, ia my-*t prasi- _____ -Mites to tbe Victoriaa branch ot ma-Aaaaakma Society, tbe noVaiisitinn of tbe antarctic islands—or -ether of Au____d ____-, Campbell JUand and Maoq_—_» Islands; and now ftooesa-to-aymin-, teat for your great ywV-s'ml taian- and yonr ren-arkable af-ritof a new career congenial -.year taste wis-lit -has be opened. Perhaps ytan aoaaa-Ued with some _ia_t-_ colosfat in Hew Zealand who 00-td for yon ase-rt-ta from tbe New Zealand Governa__t whether your highly valuable ssriiwa could be rand-red available for ariHsti-g saeb a project. Ia the oom--_-Mfw-_£_rc__r__-*r-_ formed here, I psopu—d that -c-neetacated animals faaw,and treat aad eels should betaken to__e three -laad* _____eaed part-sularly, ako to Macq_uie -dan. a, so that wbena -spot- formed there for antarctic at -am advantage wookl accrue from these -KbtodnctkO-s. Dr. Hector baa just sent w-ktavsry __->-_te report oa tae fishes -O-ahlo for food occurring oa tbe New T«alsad coast, aad marked on this doeuaMatt those kinds wbieb extend to tbe Aa_k-_ad Islands. It would thus appear tbat a wary promising opening for tbe faking interest existed oa tbess -___dr, and if goaU were ifaatas-d, sooa aotae frn_rrn_s would be a-scted ia tihe dense sarahs, while aaady pasloral grasses, clovers, aad some fodder-erbs oould be sown. It seems a graatpi-y tbat these talaads am left almost want-Seed wbea tbe Rratland Islands aad Hebrides are getting over-pcp-lated. In any scheme ot yours for tha occupation of ths -d-ads, I stall take a very profound ariaßtifi. iat-c-tt indeed. If youaaUed at tbe-_reog--pb___l Sc-ety ia tfydney, yon eoald sse Us print of my last annaal ad-eac-waad oould read what I said on the Antarctic Tstands<—Begardfully yo-ts, * (Sigaed) Fax© yon Mxr______,*'