﻿INTRODUCTION. 
  XIX 
  

  

  to 
  acknowledge 
  the 
  obligations 
  I 
  am 
  also 
  under 
  to 
  Dr. 
  

   Leidy 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Cassin, 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  Natural 
  

   Sciences, 
  of 
  Philadelphia. 
  

  

  As 
  to 
  the 
  illustrations 
  which 
  accompany 
  this 
  Report, 
  

   the 
  limited 
  means 
  appropriated 
  to 
  the 
  Survey, 
  and 
  the 
  

   dearth 
  of 
  artistic 
  skill 
  available 
  in 
  this 
  quarter, 
  have 
  

   made 
  me 
  dependent 
  upon 
  the 
  early, 
  imperfect, 
  and 
  self- 
  

   taught 
  attainment 
  of 
  drawing 
  ; 
  and 
  which, 
  having 
  been 
  

   almost 
  wholly 
  unpractised 
  for 
  nearly 
  thirty 
  years, 
  makes 
  

   an 
  apology 
  necessary 
  for 
  their 
  rude 
  and 
  unsatisfactory 
  

   execution. 
  

  

  In 
  making 
  the 
  collections 
  required, 
  the 
  cases 
  in 
  the 
  

   State 
  Cabinet 
  attest 
  that 
  a 
  reasonable 
  progress 
  has 
  been 
  

   made 
  with 
  the 
  means 
  appropriated 
  to 
  this 
  object, 
  and 
  

   upwards 
  of 
  a 
  thousand 
  duplicates 
  have 
  been 
  deposited 
  

   in 
  the 
  University 
  at 
  Oxford, 
  for 
  its 
  cabinet. 
  

  

  When 
  this 
  collection 
  is 
  further 
  advanced 
  towards 
  

   completion, 
  on 
  the 
  plan 
  I 
  have 
  proposed, 
  it 
  will 
  form, 
  to 
  

   soine 
  extent, 
  a 
  museum 
  of 
  economic 
  geology 
  and 
  agri- 
  

   culture, 
  in 
  which, 
  not 
  only 
  specimens 
  of 
  natural 
  history, 
  

   the 
  soils, 
  marls, 
  and 
  minerals, 
  may 
  be 
  preserved 
  ; 
  but 
  

   also 
  improved 
  and 
  rare 
  agricultural 
  productions 
  and 
  im- 
  

   plements 
  may 
  be 
  exhibited 
  with 
  profit 
  and 
  instruction 
  

   to 
  the 
  planter, 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  that 
  the 
  collection 
  will 
  

   form 
  one 
  of 
  much 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  scientific 
  visitor, 
  to 
  

   say 
  nothing 
  of 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  instruction 
  and 
  gratifica- 
  

   tion 
  it 
  will 
  afford 
  to 
  the 
  young 
  and 
  the 
  curious 
  of 
  all 
  

   classes. 
  

  

  In 
  my 
  travels 
  through 
  the 
  State, 
  on 
  this 
  not 
  very 
  

   generally 
  understood 
  or 
  properly 
  appreciated 
  mission, 
  it 
  

   was 
  to 
  be 
  expected 
  that 
  occasionally 
  little 
  either 
  of 
  

   information 
  or 
  assistance 
  would 
  be 
  afforded. 
  Such, 
  

   however, 
  has 
  rarely 
  been 
  the 
  case; 
  and 
  the 
  degree 
  of 
  

   interest 
  which 
  has 
  often 
  been 
  manifested 
  in 
  my 
  pursuits 
  

  

  