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OUR correspondent, writing from Bombay on January 15, says: “Some sixty members of the scientific delegation to India, including the president, Sir James Jeans, embarked on the S.S. Strathaird at Bombay on January 15 for the homeward voyage. Of these, nearly all had made the whole or part of the tour in Southern India arranged to take place after the Congress in Calcutta. This tour embraced visits to Madras, Mysore, and Bangalore, which none would willingly have missed. After a hot journey south, Madras received the delegation with a very perfect day, during which the University gave a luncheon, and most of the delegates attended a garden party arranged by the city in honour of the Viceroy. The small but very attractive aquarium, and other points of interest, were visited. The wonders of Mysore will never be forgotten by the visitors. They were received as guests of the State throughout their too short sojourn and were shown many of the institutions which are there maintained by an enlightened Government, while when darkness fell they viewed with amazement the illuminated fountains at the great power dam on the Cauvery, and the blaze of lights from the city as seen from Chamundi Hill. At Bangalore the Indian Institute of Science and other institutions were visited, and the party was entertained to tea by the Dewan Sahib of Mysore.
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Scientific Delegation to India. Nature 141, 193 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141193a0
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