OSBORN -ANNlAl, ADKRl SS. 21* 



of the St:it('. limited to some extent the (-(tal :ire:i mikI de- 

 serihefl ill a <rener:il \\;iy the rich souiees of tiiiTiciiltiirMl 

 •\vo;illh, sources which !i:i\-e since heeii -<» al>iiM(hintly utilized. 

 Its reiK)rts contain al-«« valiialde papers upcui the paloon- 

 tohiLiy and Itotany of the ."^tate. aiuJ many cliemJcal analyses 

 of rocks, soils, fossil hones, etv. 



'J'he first State survey, orijanized when only a nairow 

 !)<)rder of the eastern portion had hei-n settled, naturally di- 

 recte<l all its etVorts to that i)oiti(»n (»f tin- State, and as a 

 <'onso(pience many ol the most interestinif and iiuiKU'tanl [)or- 

 tions of the Slate, ire<»loirically, were not e\cn \ isited. The 

 investiiiation of the lead reirionof DulMKiue hy l*r(»f. Whitney 

 was, howexcr, so exliaiistive an<l ai-curate that Dr. White 

 considered it nnnessary in the follow in ir survey to l^xc it any 

 attention. In a'Jdition to this, the survey did u ir^'Jit d«'al 

 to make k?io\vn the fos-ils of the okh'r strata in the State and 

 lay a foundation for further ireoloirical work. 



This surxcy was, howcxer, i)rt»ui>ht tt» a siulden clost\ and 

 in a way that has ever since left discredit upon the Iciiisla- 

 ture that permitted it. The director wa.s left without funds 

 lor the ])rosecution of his work when hut partially finished, 

 a portion of his salary un[»aid. and the State even refused to 

 reimburse him for money he had advanced to pay his assist- 

 ants and prepare i)lates for his reports. 



The second surx'ev, undei- State su[)i)ort, (Mideuvorcd to 

 operate more particularly in the portions of the State not 

 pre\ iously examined, hut in order to nfive a correct outline 

 of the i^eolouy of the State as a wdi(»le and fill sfaps in the 

 previous sur\ev, had necessarily to re-examine much <»f the 

 iiround alrea<ly traversed. This second survey had scarcely 

 conipleted a Lfcneral rec(Minaissance of the State when it too 

 wa> hrouiiht to a sudden termination; n(»l, however, with 

 .so mncli of discredit in the manner of its termination. 



In \iew' of the circumstance of its preparation we must 

 consider this )-ep<»ii u])on this sin*\ey as a most \alual»le cod- 



