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towards unravelling this system ; and ought we to neglect even the small- 
est part of it, since each part is a link of the chain which extends from the 
least created, to the highest created being. 
Annexed is the report of Mr. Carr, assistant of this district, who was 
aided by Mr. Alfred I. Green, of Albany. These two gentlemen col- 
lected 28 boxes of specimens, making, with those collected by myself, 
42 in all, for the last season. 
LARDNER VANUXEM, 
State Geologist, 
