Thk pages that follow have been prepared in the belief 

 that it would be a source of gratification to niany to be able 

 to procure in convenient form a description of the village 

 of Ithaca, with the rare and interesting scenery surrounding 

 it, and also some comprehensive account of Cornell Univer- 

 sity. The facts here brought together it is hoped may be 

 of service. 



If the reader finds the first chapter on the geology of the 

 region, interesting, his thanks, with mine, are due to Mr. 

 G. K. Gilbert, of the Geological Survey, who has kindly 

 given the writer some of the results of his own studies in 

 this region. Chapters XXIV to XXVII inclusive, and the 

 greater part of Chapter XXVIII, were written entirely by 

 Mr. Geo. M. Marshall. 



C. H. T. 



