The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-03-25

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great interest DR.. Kosts letter ON =. : Nilk
the State in your issue Of las, we.s y
forward 70 the perusal Of another 49, - go ri
ing letter ffom his pen. a interest
A. far ~ al amateur can ind.
tirely with DR.. Kost In his PLACING n. go -
cal age Of the rocks In the upuer $3.50 u0'
Of the sertiaa system and of,en called =. .'sk
marine series In this system the pecr,.s ~ -
muli,e fossil is fully developed - wi, s ~
other ffesh water and marine shell. =. aaa
mulitic limestone b most abuna.,, = ~
parts Of Europe and some of the Eov... nay
m'ds are built Of It. The late Prof A.. Pm
well known authority. writing on hi. 49,.
rocks, says: " North America present. 'sa 4
OF beds Of the period we are nov c.s. aaaas
chiefly developed In the Southern o.. 'ils
ststing Of greenish sands, maria ana soo CO.
white limestone. Most Of the fossil. psealis
allied to European forms" DR.. Kost s.s. S 49,
y very prominent characteristic Of =. eonl
Would this fact not account for the nh .s 'esa'
Wakulla county, Corresponding d.,se
'oond IN Europe where the eocene mic. ~
pliocene strata, (Sir Charles Lyell's ,e,m.s q
uafy ssrata') are developed although mos. ~
a'iy found In connection with the las, ros aa.
These "bone beds" are LAYERS of ns.d
no Jules containing In MANY cases ~. 'paahe
whales teeth Of sharks and remain. s.la
mammaiia. and In England are met with Afss
nsct'on WIN the rcd and ooraa.ne erao--a.as ~
OIL % and 30 feet In depth respectively 0''s
From such bone bed In the par;s n.
great naturalist Culver, aud Others ro.s ''a' 'Ae
Cd an entire menagerie of extinct oroan;o :.
and the London clay has yielded remains CO."
anu saw fish, turtles, a large sea snsks
crocodile, and fossil fruits of var,ous n.l,. ss
terms, cusiard apples, bread fruit trsa. as
melons, etc. This clay, too, is largely n s.s
orickmaking, all going to prove tina, n, ~
theory and data are correct ' Ao''i
From personal observation know u
OF the finest trees in Europe are grown =. "~~ 1'
soii-"marly sand possessed of m.,;.s s'.'',a'
ana carbonases"-notably the forest, of r .a,a
sylvania, Hungary, Poland, New F.. .'a'
hampshire. and Durham Park in Cbesh,. r. -
land. The last named does not hovevs, 49,, lug
TINS eocene formation, although the All,
of sand and mari. 'ons'sts
Professor Boyd::Dawkins, an Eos,i.h ..o,o,.
mas devoted great attention to thh U.S..
rocks, and in The London Basin has tonna ... ~
traces OF Pre-Adamite man-bones s;n, ~,
stone implements, etc. "'u
Before leaving the subject may ;state that nj.
peculiar lac; that the two great capitals Of N.
world, London and Paris are built on this eoc.,.
stratum, and Brussels, too, is on the tertiary
tenn. "
While this preliminary survey is supDor,sdh,
voluntary contributions, l trust that at no A..
tant date Prof. Kost may be aided by su;,.hl.
stan OF well qualified assistants supported NV
State not weary in well-doing;" for most ,,u,,
ln-geology the youngest and most interests.
OF all sc'ences-"the race is moi to the swifts
10 make such a survey thorough none, !,
abundance is required. The Geological sur,.,
OF The British Isles has gone on for at le.,, :,
years, and although the many eminent oso,o.
gists directly or indirectly connected With, =.
IL.
poorly paid for their services-their salaries ,.,.
ing from $3.50 to 5000 annually, still The es.
penditure has been very considerable and MIRA.
important counties and districts are still unv;..
tied. --'1'
Ii such sums are not available in a comn.,..
lively new country like Florida, DR.. Kost m;cb,
use his influence with the Legislature in es,.h.
fishing system of science classes in copuee,;oo
with all secondary schools. The South Ken.
slngton Department has done more for the c.us.
OF Geology and other sciences in Britain than
one unacquainted with the results could pos.
sibly believe. In fact, unless the people disuI.y
an interest 10 the subject of what use is a Geo.
logical Surveyr The 8. Z. system is a yery
simple and practical one There are three or.
animation grades in every science, viz: Elemen.
tary, Advanced and Honers In each of these
there are TWO classes, first aud second For every
pupil who passes first in any division, the teacher
ge's % as fee; for second pass he receives
$lO. This capitation grant rewards him amuv
for his labor and the pupil also receives his shsre
Viz; certificate for fret grade pass pri,,
ana cer'incate for second grade. with the riehs
TO be named Queens Scholar In Geoloey.
Thousands Of boys and gi-ls pass these exsml.
nations annually in every town and yillaee d
Treat Britain, thus proving how much appred.-
ted the efforts of the science and art depar,m.,.
are.
With an excellent seminary and university
and the personal influence and associatos of Dr.
kosf, Tallahassee boys would possess untold I'D.
vantages Why should one Of them not become
second Hugh Miller to his country for the
chances OF such are all in his favori
am quite sure the teachers in our schools
would only be too glad TO further such efforts,
and then by the time DR.. Kost has paved the
way for thoroughly scisnfifc survey of the
a phalanx Of eager youthful workers
will have risen up in every county to aid him Ia
MS enofts MELA.
TALLAHAssER. March %, 1885.
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