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geologist; $4 a day for assistants; and from $1.50 to $2 for labor. 

 No salaries were received from other institutions. 



Museum. — A considerable amount of material was collected which 

 was deposited in the State collection at Indianapolis, forming thus, 

 the beginnings of the present State museum. No library was at- 

 tempted. 



Eivyeiises. — The total cost of the survey, as already noted, was 

 $5,000, which included salaries, traveling expenses, transportation 

 of specimens, analyses, and a large p(art if not all of the expenses of 

 printing and engraving. 



Publications. — Tlie single report published was printed in 1862 

 at Indianapolis, in the form of an octavo volume of 368 pages. The 

 edition is stated to have been but 300 coj^ies, 25 of which were placed 

 at the disposal of the State geologist to be distributed as he desired. 

 The entire cost of publication is given in Prof. Eichard Owen's notes 

 as about $600, or $2 a copy. 



The following notes, in the handwriting of Professor Owen are 

 not without interest as showing his method : 



The object of the reconnoissance by railroad in the autumn of 1S59 was to 

 give such a general idea of the general geology and of the important localities to 

 be visited as would render our survey of 1S60 more efficient and economical of 

 time and money. Printed circulars were sent in advance to the different mem- 

 bers of the board for distribution, informing farmers, who had specimens to 

 exhibit or soil for analysis exactly how to proceed and where to deposit them. 

 At my request Doctor Clapp made tridaily observations at North Albany 

 with his standard cistern barometer, so as to enable me to correct for meteoro- 

 logical changes in making hypsometrical observations. 



The analytical and office work performed at New Harmony was all nnder 

 the direction of Dr. D. D. Owen while he lived; the methods were the result 

 of his long experience. As mentioned in the prefatory letter, page 7 of my 

 report, he designed to give some general observations on agricultural chemistry 

 and milk sickness, particularly the connection of the latter with peculiar geo- 

 logical formations. 



In addition to the objects above enumerated which were kept in view during 

 the survey I may mention that in connection with general observations regard- 

 ing the soil of any region, its fertility, etc., I noted the predominance of any 

 given forest tree, such as oak growth, prevalence of beech, etc. (e. g., see report, 

 p. 20S, also p. 36). These notes I could take as we passed along, without even 

 stopping the carriage. In arranging them in the report, each subject being under 

 a separate heading, any information wanted could be readily reached by turn- 

 ing to the county and consulting under its appropriate heading the subject re- 

 quired. The lists of fossils in a given locality or formation were always 

 arranged according to their zoological sequence or classification (e. g., report, 

 p. 39). Perhaps the typical section on page 47, as a means of understanding 

 other sections, may be mentioned here. 



Some of the above methods I give under this head, as they may perhaps claim 

 to be improvements on the earlier systems. Under this head may perhaps also 

 be mentioned some synopses of classification translated from the French : 1. 



