; \Ti: GEOLOGIST. :;i 



If to th* chemical examination of minerals, r< 

 I i b, mineral watei i a This part of our survey has thus far 

 been • r analyst been made at my re- 



by Pn f. L R . ricultural College, by ? 



istitution becami with the Bun re the 



Dt of Dr. MiK-s to the chair of Zoology. By my ar- 

 ment with Prof. Fisk, he ba ; I any com- 



: ition for . haying agreed to await the a 



of the Legislature, . provision fur the 



ej. 



irganization of the survey. 1 took 

 portion of tl tific inre 



e completed by experts ef this and other 

 >. who would, in mam :q<ect no further con,; 



r their services than the opportunity of looking over our 

 specimens, with permission to retain fer their own cabinets, 

 duplicates uf such as might prove to be novel or pecu- 



liar. 1 ha gly had th iction of being assured 



lifferent special!- ready to take up the different 



orders of our insects, and to furnish catalog. ton as the 



s. The a una is true ef - 

 »f the palaeontology. Dr. II. A. Prout, of St. Louis, 

 is all work upon our ! an important class of 



Ilasca very abundant in the lim< 



Hall, th( 

 New I i me manyralual 



. mtification of oui i tlie parallelism of forma- 



ti : ry, of Ohio, who has already rendered 



■, stands ready to undertake the ii 

 has agri 

 my s< ich mips, charts and the lake 



may be needed in the preparation of a chapt< 

 the 1!; phy of the 3te s; and Prof. Benry, tha : 



of the aian Institution, offers copies of suol • .turns 



taken for thai Institution, as mar be requisite foi a chap 

 our :.. gy. 



