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  INTEODUCTION. 
  

  

  theory 
  and 
  practice, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  cultivation 
  and 
  

   choice 
  of 
  implements 
  especially, 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  at- 
  

   tained. 
  If 
  it 
  be 
  maintained 
  that 
  any 
  of 
  these 
  details 
  

   are 
  erroneous, 
  I 
  can 
  only 
  say 
  that 
  any 
  such 
  will 
  be 
  most 
  

   willingly 
  corrected, 
  when 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  on 
  hetter 
  avr 
  

   ilwrity 
  than 
  that 
  on 
  which 
  any 
  specific 
  fact 
  or 
  statement 
  

   has 
  been 
  given. 
  

  

  The 
  tables 
  of 
  agricultural 
  and 
  other 
  statistics 
  have 
  

   been 
  prepared 
  from 
  the 
  best 
  sources, 
  and 
  will 
  form 
  

   matter 
  for 
  convenient 
  and 
  useful 
  reference. 
  

  

  At 
  this 
  stage 
  of 
  the 
  Survey, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  first, 
  and 
  as 
  it 
  

   may 
  be 
  termed 
  preliminary 
  report, 
  the 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  

   Geology 
  and 
  other 
  departments 
  of 
  natural 
  history, 
  will 
  

   necessarily 
  present 
  a 
  mere 
  outline, 
  and 
  cannot 
  assume 
  

   that 
  form 
  and 
  shape 
  which 
  wall 
  properly 
  be 
  given 
  them 
  

   in 
  a 
  final 
  report. 
  Such 
  an 
  arrangement 
  has 
  been 
  

   adopted, 
  however, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  these 
  subjects 
  are 
  embraced, 
  

   as 
  will, 
  it 
  is 
  believed, 
  give 
  a 
  reasonably 
  comprehensive 
  

   and 
  familiar 
  view 
  of 
  those 
  departments 
  of 
  the 
  Eeport. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  Fauna 
  o.nd 
  Flora 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  in 
  the 
  notice 
  

   that 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  of 
  them, 
  my 
  own 
  observations 
  have 
  

   been 
  directed 
  by 
  the 
  best 
  available 
  authorities 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   former 
  department, 
  among 
  others 
  the 
  works 
  of 
  DeKay, 
  

   and 
  of 
  Audubon, 
  and 
  Bachman, 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  recent 
  

   published, 
  and 
  by 
  inference, 
  the 
  most 
  complete 
  and 
  cor- 
  

   rect, 
  have 
  been 
  consulted. 
  The 
  aid 
  of 
  distinguished 
  

   naturalists, 
  also, 
  has 
  been 
  liberally 
  afforded 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  

   to 
  acknowdedge 
  my 
  indebtedness, 
  and 
  express 
  my 
  

   thanks, 
  to 
  Professors 
  Agassiz 
  and 
  Baird, 
  and 
  to 
  Mr. 
  

   Conrad, 
  for 
  their 
  contributions 
  to 
  this 
  department 
  of 
  the 
  

   Pieport. 
  The 
  catalogues 
  furnished 
  by 
  them, 
  although 
  

   not 
  so 
  complete 
  or 
  perfect 
  as 
  they 
  will 
  hereafter 
  be 
  

   made, 
  have 
  the 
  stamp 
  of 
  authenticity 
  and 
  accuracy 
  to 
  

   recommend 
  them. 
  I 
  should 
  be 
  remiss, 
  were 
  I 
  to 
  omit 
  

  

  