To His EXCELLENCY, THOMAS BRAGG, 



Governor of North- Carolina : 

 SIR: 



I am gratified that another opportunity is furnished me to 

 express my obligations to your Excellency for the interest 

 you still entertain for the Geological Survey of North-Caro 

 lina. This fact, while it has been extremely gratifying, serves 

 at the same time to impress me with the importance of the 

 work, and to excite a fear, also, that it may fall short of your 

 expectations, and thus disappoint, not only yourself, but many 

 others who feel and manifest an interest in its success. No 

 one, however, could feel a greater disappointment at such a 

 result than myself; and fearing that my labors, together 

 with the labors of those who assist me, might fail to be satis 

 factory, I have certainly lost no time, nor spared any work, 

 which I deemed necessary to secure the wished-for result. 



With the consciousness, then, of having done this much 

 for its success, I submit with cheerfulness this second report 

 to your Excellency s consideration. 



I am, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



EBENEZER EMMONS. 



RALEIGH, March 1, 1858. 



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