132 BULLETIN 10[>, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The reports of the State survey proper naturally duplicated iu 

 large part, for the first two years, those of the public-land surveys. 

 That of 1837 announced the general plan of the survey, the first 

 great object being to ascertain the geological boundaries of the 

 State. This was effected as follows : 



The seaboard fi'om Lubec toTliomaslon was carefully examined so as to deter- 

 mine the nature and position of the different rocks. Then the St. Croix was 

 explored and the line followed onward to Houlton. From that place we pro- 

 ceeded to the St. John River, and pursuing its western bank, we obtained a sec- 

 tion of the strata, which cross the public lands, and crop out along the source of 

 that river. At the Grand Falls we took canoes and examined the rocks and 

 soils to the Madawaska River. By following this plan * * * we have made 

 a recounoissance of two sides of a very large square, forming the eastern and 

 northern boundaries of the State. 



Some 64 pages of the report were given up to a description of the 

 topographical geology, as then determined, and 80 pages to econom- 

 ical geology. The second annual report was likewise divided, the first 

 100 pages being given up to the topographical geology, 42 pages to 

 economical geology, and 2.5 to agricultural geology. The third and 

 last comprised 122 pages of geological matter, 65 relating to agri- 

 cultural matters, a report by Dr. S. L. Stephenson on explorations 

 of the Androscoggin and Megalloway rivers, and appendices giving 

 a list of barometric measurements and a catalogue of specimens in 

 the State cabinet. 



Collections ami library. — The acts of 1836, 1837, and 1838, relating 

 to the survey, all provided for the making of collections to be dis- 

 tributed among the various educational institutions of the State. 

 These provisions seem to have been faithfully carried out, and, ac- 

 cording to Jackson's statement in his third annual report (1839, p. 6), 

 there was deposited in the statehouse at Augusta a collection of not 

 less than 1,600 "handsome specimens of rocks, minerals, and soils 

 01 the State, all arranged, labeled, numbered, and described in a com- 

 plete catalogue." In addition to this 10 other smaller but represen- 

 tative collections v.'(>re prepared for the colleges, academies, and 

 societies, as provided by law. Owing to lack of care the collection 

 in the statehouse was allowed to become sadly confused and in part 

 lost, and a similar fate apparently befell the others with the possible 

 exception of the one presented Bowdoin College. No library was 

 established in connection with the survey. 



The typical set placed in the statehouse was removed from the 

 position in which it was originally placed to make room for other 

 things. The specimens were thrown promiscuously into boxes, and 

 as a result the labels on many of them were destroyed or lost and 

 the specimens themselves worthless. To add to the confusion, the 



