﻿LETTER 
  OF 
  TRANSMISSION 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Wm. 
  C. 
  Stubbs, 
  Director 
  State 
  Experiment 
  

  

  Stations, 
  Baton 
  Rouge, 
  La. 
  

  

  Sir 
  : 
  I 
  herewith 
  present 
  you 
  a 
  Preliminary 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  

   Geology 
  of 
  Louisiana. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Veatch 
  acting 
  as 
  assistant 
  geologist, 
  commenced 
  

   field 
  work 
  November 
  ist, 
  1898, 
  and 
  studied 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  

   the 
  soils 
  of 
  Caddo 
  and 
  Bossier 
  parishes 
  until 
  my 
  arrival 
  in 
  the 
  

   State, 
  December 
  23d. 
  Thereafter 
  we 
  worked 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  

   together 
  in 
  De 
  Soto, 
  Sabine, 
  Natchitoches, 
  Grant, 
  Winn, 
  Cald- 
  

   well 
  and 
  Ouachita 
  parishes. 
  

  

  After 
  my 
  departure 
  from 
  the 
  State, 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  March, 
  Mr. 
  

   Veatch 
  continued 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  tier 
  of 
  parishes 
  between 
  

   Ouachita 
  river 
  and 
  Red 
  river 
  until 
  requested 
  by 
  you 
  to 
  visit 
  the 
  

   Five 
  Islands 
  and 
  the 
  Sulphur 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  southwestern 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  State. 
  This 
  done, 
  we 
  worked 
  on 
  the 
  report 
  herewith 
  trans- 
  

   mitted 
  from 
  mid-summer 
  to 
  late 
  autumn, 
  when 
  he 
  again 
  took 
  the 
  

   field 
  and 
  I 
  saw 
  to 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  report. 
  

  

  I 
  gladly 
  take 
  this 
  opportunity 
  to 
  inform 
  you 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Veatch 
  

   has 
  in 
  all 
  his 
  connections 
  with 
  this 
  survey, 
  shown 
  himself 
  a 
  most 
  

   capable 
  and 
  energetic 
  assistant; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  his 
  untiring 
  zeal, 
  

   and 
  your 
  never 
  failing 
  and 
  well 
  directed 
  support 
  that 
  such 
  suc- 
  

   cess 
  as 
  the 
  survey 
  has 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  attain 
  is 
  largely 
  due. 
  

  

  Most 
  respectfully 
  submitted, 
  

  

  GILBERT 
  D. 
  HARRIS, 
  

  

  Geologist-in-Charge. 
  

  

  Cornell 
  University, 
  Ithaca, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  \_ 
  

   Nov. 
  25, 
  1899 
  \ 
  

  

  