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  APPENDIX. 
  

  

  " 
  But 
  it 
  has 
  always 
  appeared 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  person 
  

   who 
  travels, 
  and 
  personally 
  examines 
  the 
  geological 
  and 
  

   mineralogical 
  formations 
  of 
  a 
  country^ 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  as 
  the 
  principal 
  officer; 
  and 
  he 
  who 
  is 
  the 
  cura- 
  

   tor 
  or 
  examiner, 
  or 
  analyzer, 
  as 
  of 
  less 
  importance 
  ; 
  and 
  

   I 
  have 
  always 
  considered 
  myself 
  as 
  placed 
  in 
  an 
  inferior 
  

   position 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Wailes. 
  * 
  ''' 
  * 
  ''' 
  Being 
  

   no 
  longer 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  University, 
  which 
  has 
  my 
  

   warmest 
  wishes 
  for 
  its 
  prosperity, 
  I 
  beg 
  leave 
  most 
  re- 
  

   spectfully 
  to 
  recommend 
  that, 
  in 
  any 
  future 
  appointment, 
  

   the 
  Professor 
  of 
  Chemistry 
  and 
  Geology 
  should 
  be 
  sepa- 
  

   rate 
  and 
  unconnected 
  persons; 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  remain 
  at 
  the 
  

   University, 
  and 
  to 
  undertake 
  the 
  examination 
  and 
  an- 
  

   alysis 
  of 
  whatever 
  may 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  the 
  Professor 
  

   of 
  Geology, 
  and 
  to 
  report 
  accordingly." 
  

  

  F. 
  

  

  MR. 
  WII.LIAM 
  DUNBAR'S 
  CLASSIFICATION 
  OF 
  LAND 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  In 
  May, 
  1799, 
  when 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  

   Natchez 
  were 
  under 
  much 
  anxiety 
  and 
  suspense 
  respect- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  titles 
  of 
  their 
  lands, 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Dunbar, 
  an 
  

   English 
  gentleman 
  by 
  birth, 
  of 
  a 
  liberal 
  and 
  scientific 
  

   education, 
  who 
  came 
  to 
  this 
  country 
  in 
  1773, 
  and 
  under 
  

   the 
  succeeding 
  Spanish 
  administration 
  had 
  superintended 
  

   much 
  of 
  the 
  surveying 
  in 
  the 
  Natchez 
  District 
  as 
  the 
  

   deputy 
  of 
  Don 
  Carlos 
  Trudeau, 
  the 
  Surveyor-General 
  of 
  

   the 
  province 
  of 
  Louisiana, 
  in 
  writing 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  

   the 
  land 
  claims, 
  makes 
  the 
  following 
  classification 
  of 
  

   them. 
  The 
  shades 
  of 
  distinction 
  between 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  

   are 
  very 
  slight, 
  and, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  essential 
  conditions 
  of 
  

   validity 
  are 
  concerned, 
  may 
  be 
  comprised 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  

  

  