DEDICATION. 
To His Excellency 
LUCIUS ROBINSON, 
Governor of the State of New York: 
Sir —In accordance with the custom which has prevailed from the beginning 
of the publication of the Natural History of the State, I have the honor to 
present to your Excellency, Volume V, Part II, of the Palaeontology of the 
State of New York. 
Of the mechanical and artistic execution of the work I may speak in general 
commendation, and of some portions with unqualified praise. In regard to its 
scientific merit, I can only express the hope that students in natural science, 
and the enlightened educators of our State and country, may find this volume 
a contribution worthy of their acceptance, and a source of material for that 
higher education and intelligence, which the people of New York so earnestly 
desire, and which was the grand object of the illustrious founders of the 
Geological Survey, and of those friends of science who subsequently 
authorized and have directed the publication of the Natural History of the 
State of New York. 
Hoping that in this respect the Volume herewith presented may prove 
acceptable to your Excellency, 
I have the honor to be, 
With great respect, 
Your obedient servant, 
JAMES HALL, 
State Geologist. 
Albany, December 15, 1879. 
