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Show EXPECTED TO RETCRS. The Steamer City of Alexandria to Bring Back the Scientific Expedition. New York, May 2. Special. Tho scientific expedition which started some months ago for Mexico in tho steamer City of Alexandria, is expected to return re-turn next week. The principal object of the expeditiou was to determine tho general structure of tho basins of the gulf of Mexico, about which scientilio opinion is divided. Professor Angelo Heilprin of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, has charge of the expeditiou which explored tho regions of Yucatan and Mexico, which naturalists natural-ists had not before visited. A reception will be tendered to the members of the expedition on their arrival. They will be similarly entertained in Philadelphia. |