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incurring B6 to the State. Several other gentlemen have also given me 



very essentia] aid in analysis, and without expense to the Slate. About five 

 hundred days work in the laboratory have thus been rendered gratuitously. 

 During the whole time this assistance was rendered, my own presence was 

 sa i . a^ a mailer of course. 



preceding statement, it is hoped, will be satisfactory to those who 

 inquire how the tour years spent in the survey have been occupied. One 

 remark further Beemfl to be called tor : At the commencement of this sur- 

 vey. I engaged to complete it in one year. I then hoped, that with the aid 

 of individuals interested in the success of the undertaking, so much might 

 he accomplished as would afford general results oi very considerable value. 

 .My task, however, as it now appears, was not truly defined in that engage- 

 ment ; and finding myself afterwards sustained by men whose opinions 

 could not but be respected, and even by instructions which were obligatory 

 upon me, much more was determined upon when the field was partially 

 surveyed : lor if the agricultural interest is not one of paramount importance, 

 I have mistaken the nature of the duties in which I have been engaged, 

 les, the whole matter was stated to a committee of the Legislature in 

 to whom all the engagements which had previously been entered into 

 with the State were submitted, and were by them examined and investigated, 

 and it was by their unanimous recommendation that the survey has been in 

 progress for the last two years. 



The second volume of the present work is in course of preparation, and 

 will contain, among other things, an account of the composition of the ashes 

 of the different cultivated vegetables; a description of the several varieties 

 of the cereals which seem to be best adapted to our climate, and a list of the 

 principal fruits which reach perfection in the different districts. 



The division of the work into two volumes, though by no means intended 



when it first went to press, has been decided upon in consequence of an 



ised amount of matter, which has accumulated during its progress, and 



which, if bound in one volume, would make it too thick for convenience : 



iiuch, too, as no additional expense to the State will arise from the 



sure, but, on the contrary, something will be gained; the expense of 



binding a volume being less than the price for which it is sold to counties 



and individuals. 



