Expedition to the Maldive Islands

An expedition has been sent from the Agassiz Museum to the Maldive Islands, for the purpose of st dying and making a collection of the rate coral formations of the Indian Ocean. Mr. Agassiz fitted out the expedition and is conducting it in person, accompanied by W. McM. Woodworth. A steamer was chartered at Colombo, Ceylon, from the British India Company, to transport the expedition to the southern part of the Indian Ocean, where the Maldive Islands lie. The islands of the Indian Ocean are the only group of atolls remaining which Mr. Agassiz has not examined in his explorations for the study of coral formations. The islands are remote and unfrequented, and it is expected that the expedition will prove very fruitful. The work will probably occupy about two months.