INTRODUCTORY LEVFEER: 
Professor N. S. SuHater, Director Kentucky Geological Survey's 
Dear Sir: In 1874 the Geological Survey commenced a- 
study of Kentucky timbers with special reference to the eco- 
nomic features of the State. In pursuance of the plan inaugu- 
rated then, and followed out by Messrs. Crandall and Hussey 
in their outcoming reports on the timbers of Greenup, Carter, 
Boyd, Lawrence, Barren, and Edmonson counties, I now sub- 
mit a report on the timbers of Grayson, Breckinridge, Ohio, 
and Hancock counties. 
The report is based upon a careful study made in those 
counties during May and June, 1876, and will be found, I 
think, tolerably thorough and accurate. 
Very respectfully, 
L. H. DEFRIESE. 
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