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the map ; the colorless areas are an eyesore 

 to worker and teacher, and even more try- 

 ing to the conscientious student are the 

 minor inconsistencies in classification and 

 the local inaccuracies in the tracing of 

 boundaries. While the map is incomplete, 

 it seemed to its real author. Prof. Hall, best 

 to issue it as a stimulus and guide for fu- 



York never forgot the original demand of 

 statesmen for practical knowledge whereby 

 resources might be developed ; and quarry 

 rocks and clays, iron and cement, salt and 

 petroleum, and many other natural sources 

 of wealth, were conscientiously examined 

 by him or under his direction. This part 

 of the work of the State Survey can better 



JAMES HALL — 1843. 



ture research, and in this view most of the 

 citizens of the Epapire State will doubtless 

 coincide. The map is noteworthy as repre- 

 senting the fruits of an unprecedented 

 period of labor, and as marking the fruition 

 of an ambition outlasting the average span 

 of human life. 



Although engaged primarily in scientific 

 researchjthe veteran State Geologist of New 



be treated by others ; it must suffice for one 

 who looks on from outside the State to ex- 

 press the opinion that the great Common- 

 wealth has been materially enriched through 

 the sixty years of unremitting labor by the 

 State Geologist. 



It is not easy to characterize a man still 

 in vigorous life without flattery and with- 

 out derogation ; yet it is possible to char- 



