38 Report on the projected Survey of the State of Maryland. 



They await, now, only the approval of your Excellency as to what 

 has been already commenced, to set themselves assiduously at work 

 to effect its completion : and in the mean time beg leave to offer the 

 assurance of their entire respect. 



Annapolis, Dec. 27th, 1833. 



REMARKS. 



The above report, being intended to excite the people and gov- 

 ernment of Maryland, to authorize a thorough survey of the State, it 

 may not be superfluous to add, that in our view, the subject is well 

 worthy of their attention. The facts stated in this Introductory ac- 

 count are highly important to the agricultural, manufacturing and com- 

 mercial interests of the State ; they evince, that it has great physical 

 resources, which need only to be brought to light, in order to pro- 

 duce very important results to public and individual wealth; the re- 

 lation of the facts to science, is also very interesting, and the gen- 

 tlemen charged with the execution of this important trust, have prov- 

 ed themselves to be entirely equal to the undertaking. Although 

 their account is designed for popular use, they have happily united 

 scientific accuracy with perspicuity. We trust, that the enlightened 

 state of Maryland, having made so happy a beginning, will also make 

 the necessary provision to carry this noble undertaking to a complete 

 and happy conclusion. 



The example set by Massachusetts, as exhibited in the able report 

 on the Geology, &;c. of that State, by Prof. Hitchcock ; — the move- 

 ment in the Legislature of Pennsylvania, as evinced by a report on 

 the project of a survey of that very important State ; the progress 

 made, almost to completion, of a geological survey of Tennessee, by 

 Dr. Troost ; and the increasing interest of the same kind, which, as 

 we are informed, is exhibited in Virginia, will, we trust, furnish ad- 

 ditional motives to the government of Maryland, to proceed to the 

 completion of this good work, on a scale fully commensurate to the 

 magnitude of the object, and in accordance with the dignity and hon- 

 or of the State. — Ed. 



