X PREFACE. 



The order of the several departments, as set forth in the first published 

 ▼olume of the Natural History, was as follows : 



(8f ncral Jntrobtiction ; 



[By Wii.iiAM H. Skward.] 

 PART I. 



By James E. De Kay. 



PART II. 



i3otauij: 



By John Torrey. 



PART III. 



ilUncralogij : 



By Lewis C. Beck. 



PARTS IV AND v.* 



(Bcologij anb Palaontolngtj : 



By William W. Mathkr, Ebenezer Emmons, Larijnkr Vanuxem 

 and James Hall. 



Agriculture was not prominent in the original plan of the survey, and repre- 

 sentations coming from the State Agricultural Society, in 1842, led Governor 

 Sbwabd to recognize its importance in this relation. He decided that Agricul- 

 ture and PalaBontology should be considered as departments to be continued 

 and completed as a part of the Natural History op the State of New York. 



The Department of Agriculture was placed in charge of Dr. Ebenezer 

 Emmons, who retained his position as State Geologist, and was also the custo- 



• Aft«»r 1842 thi» Dejiartiiimit of Geologfy was demg^atcd aa Part IV, Agriculture as Part V, and 

 Palcontolo^ as Part VI. 



