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complete to deserve so high an encomium, but still I am desirous to 
lay it before my countrymen, to show them how highly their labors are 
oan in - rance, that it may serve to stimulate us to renewed ex- 
rtions, while may also turn our attention more to France, and cause 
us to unite more oars than ever with our ancient allies and most 
Fol associates 
“In truth we are never more penetrated with the natural connection 
of ideas relative to geology, than while following in our minds the ge- 
ists in countries where every thing is to one, in countries which 
have not been submitted to any observations. They are obliged, as we 
perceive, to occupy themselves with a crowd of objects that are we 
mately connected, such as the determination of latitudes and lon 
tudes, the measurement of tvghie; the determination of the elements af 
climate, the picturesque nature of the country, its topography, and its 
Principal productions. It is this which M. Humboldt accomplished 
when he traversed the different regions of the New World, and his 
course has served as an example to other A so, mika who have: followed 
the science in its most elevated point 0 
“This is what we see in the very numerous and minute explorations 
which are made in the United States of America. Geological re- 
Searches are carried forward there with great activity. A great num- 
StNow York, k, of Pesonyirinia of Maryland, of New Jersey, of Dela- 
Ware, of Virginia, of Georgia, of Ohio, or Tennessee, of Kentucky, of 
Indiana, of Michigan, &c. Each of these states has its geological map 
“In America their net meht i a character of ereceetne 
ter ower ine instructive og rican ya eaagag make a 
de sparse 5 os del A yale des Sci- 
* Ritos s de ——e sage ~ professées au College de oaky ec ag année 
wie I ntl sheath au College. Royale 
ast iere. Paris, 1845, 
ence de l'Institut de France, Ingenieur en chef des 
de France, Officier de la Legion d Mi cident, &e. &e 
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