Geological Survey of the State of Ohio. 347 
Rem, 23. 2¢ and 7 appear to me to have the same meaning, and 
to have been originally the same word, the latter being derived from 
the former by apocope. Isee no reason either for making the termi- 
nation ws an old accusative form, as Passow supposes, or 7 an old 
Doric genitive, as the same lexicugrapher has done. 
The 15th series contains adverbs of number. 'They are formed 
immediately from the 3d series or adjectives of quantity, by adding 
the termination #3, (—Sanse. s’as, Lithuan. gis ;) comp. tetgéxs, 
msvtdxic, mohhixec, ete.—iodxts has various meanings; (1.) as often; 
(2.) as many; (3.) equally; (4.) in as many ways. 
Rem. 24. The medial ¢ of this series is sometimes doubled for the 
sake of the measure; as toookxis, tovokes, docket. Comp. Rem. 10. 
supra. 
Rem. 25. The final ¢ is sometimes dropped before a consonant for 
the sake of the measure; as, togodx., mookx, dokne. 
The appearance of these correlatives in the cognate aap, 
languages will be reserved for a future number. 
Art. X.—First Annual Report on the Geological Survey of the 
State of Ohio; by W. W. Maruer, principal Geologist, and 
the several Assistants. pp. 134. Columbus, Ohio. 
(Communicated.) 
T'u1s document reflects credit not only on the board, by which 
it was prepared, but the state by whose munificence they were 
enabled to prosecute their researches. It embodies a mass of val- 
uable and well digested facts, collected during the geological in- 
vestigations of the past season. ‘These facts are of a practical 
character, and directly applicable to the arts. Technical terms, 
and theoretical speculations, as a general thing, seem to have 
been sedulously avoided. We propose to lay before our readers 
an abstract of this valuable document, as well as to notice some 
statements, which conflict with our own observations 
The corps was organized last June. Prof. W. W. Mather of 
New York, was appointed chief or superintending Geologist. 
Subordinate to him were four assistants proper, one acting assis- 
tant, and one topographical engineer. For the better attainment 
of the objects of the survey, several distinct departments were 
created. ‘To Dr. S. P. Hildreth, of Marietta, was assigned the 
department of paleontology. To Dr. J. P. Kirtland of the Cin- 
