Gardens and Museum, 38,024 to South Kensington 

 Museum, and 8,998 to the Geological Museum. I could 

 give many more such examples of other prosperous 

 States and nations. 



Texas has more fertile soil, greater mineral resources 

 and a better climate than England, all which gives promise 

 of a rich and prosperous future, if her domain is 

 rightly managed, by giving proper encouragement to her 

 agriculture and manufactures and the development of her 

 mineral wealth, now mostly hidden and unproductive. 



Let the true condition oi Texas be made known; capital 

 will come here, intelligent, industrious people will also 

 come, help bear our burdens, enrich themselves, and 

 make us as a State richer. 



A geological, agricultural and natural history survey of 

 Texas will make her known abroad and give reliable 

 information to many people in other Staes and countries, 

 which are less favored by nature, having soils less fertile, 

 climates less pleasant and less healthy, and also having 

 less advantages for the easy accumulation of wealth and 

 making pleasant homes. 



SYNOPSIS OF WOKK BONE FOE THE SURVEY IN 1875. 



Continuing the plan adopted last year of ascertaining, 

 by a general reconnoissance of the State,its main geological 

 and agricultural features, our observations have been made 

 mostly in the region west of the Colorado river and iiorth 

 of latitude 29. degrees. 



Leaving Austin early in May, we went through the 

 counties of Hays, Blanco, Llano, Burnet, San Saba, Ma- 

 son, Menard, by way of Forts McKavit, Concho, Stockton, 

 Davis and Quitman, to El Paso. RQ,turning to Fort Davis, 

 we went to Presidio del Norte, examined a portion of Pre- 

 sidio county ; then back to Fort Davis, and via Stockton, 

 down the west bank of the Pecos to a ford near old Fort 

 Lancaster ; thence down Devil's river via old Fort Hudson, 

 San Felipe springs. Fort Clark, Uvalde, Castroville and 

 San Antonio to Austin, where we arrived on the 27th of 

 September. 



We started with four teams and two young men on 

 horseback. One of these teams belonged to Col. John M. 

 Moore, a member of the last Legislature, from- Corpus 

 Christi. He is experienced in mining in Alabama, and 



