﻿APPENDIX. 
  363 
  

  

  E. 
  

  

  EXTRACTS 
  FROM 
  DR. 
  MILLINGTON'S 
  REPORT 
  TO 
  THE 
  

  

  GOVERNOR. 
  

  

  About 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  February, 
  1854, 
  Dr. 
  Miilington, 
  

   (late 
  principal 
  professor 
  of 
  Geology 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  Uni- 
  

   versity 
  of 
  Mississippi), 
  then 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  Medical 
  

   School 
  at 
  Memphis, 
  made 
  a 
  report 
  to 
  Governor 
  McRae, 
  

   but 
  which 
  was 
  not 
  received 
  until 
  several 
  weeks 
  had 
  

   elapsed 
  after 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  had 
  ad- 
  

   journed 
  and 
  left 
  Jackson. 
  The 
  following 
  extract 
  from 
  

   the 
  concluding 
  part 
  of 
  that 
  report, 
  exhibits 
  its 
  character 
  

   and 
  extent: 
  — 
  

  

  "An 
  assistant 
  geologist 
  was 
  provided 
  for, 
  who 
  was 
  to 
  

   travel 
  over 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  make 
  examinations 
  and 
  in- 
  

   vestigations 
  under 
  my 
  directions, 
  and 
  to 
  report 
  all 
  that 
  

   he 
  could 
  learn, 
  and 
  had 
  done, 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  and 
  

   likewise 
  to 
  make 
  collections 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  what 
  he 
  

   met 
  with, 
  and 
  to 
  transmit 
  the 
  same, 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  

   to 
  the 
  museum 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  at 
  Oxford, 
  where 
  they 
  

   might 
  be 
  deposited, 
  and 
  examined 
  or 
  analyzed, 
  and 
  be 
  

   described 
  as 
  most 
  necessary 
  ; 
  and 
  fortunately, 
  Mr. 
  B. 
  L. 
  

   C. 
  Wailes 
  was 
  appointed 
  to 
  that 
  situation, 
  and 
  he 
  has 
  

   conducted 
  it, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  examination 
  has 
  gone, 
  in 
  the 
  

   most 
  ample 
  and 
  satisfactory 
  manner, 
  as 
  will 
  appear 
  by 
  

   the 
  abstract 
  of 
  his 
  monthly 
  reports 
  to 
  me 
  before 
  given. 
  

   All, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  do, 
  has 
  been 
  to 
  

   transcribe 
  his 
  reports, 
  with 
  occasional 
  observations, 
  and 
  

   to 
  take 
  charge 
  of 
  and 
  arrange 
  the 
  specimens 
  which 
  he 
  

   has 
  sent 
  on, 
  which 
  already 
  form 
  the 
  nucleus 
  of 
  a 
  useful, 
  

   if 
  not 
  a 
  very 
  full 
  and 
  complete 
  museum 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  hereby 
  

   tender 
  my 
  warmest 
  thanks 
  for 
  the 
  assistance 
  Mr. 
  Wailes 
  

   has 
  rendered 
  to 
  me, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  cause 
  in 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  

   been 
  engaged. 
  

  

  