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e'"'ioH - continued, II Will unquestlOn-
ably mark the beginning Of the disintegra-
ton of that great organization, as so
many of its predecessors have dsnte-
gratd.
REPORT OF THE STATE; GEOLOGIsT
The report of the Vermont State geo.
logist to the Legislature has been de-
layed. but is now issued and ready for
distribution to all Libraries and indivi-
duals who may wish 1t. This volume. the
nth of the present series, contains much
valuable information concerning the
geology Of our State as a brief summary
Of. its contents will indicate. In the
opening chapter Prof. George II. Perkins.
the State geoogist, has given a concise
account Of the character and causes of
the principal surface feature of Vermont
those which have made the attractive
In the present state of our knowledge
the reasons why these mountains, hills
lodges, rivers. lakes, etc, are as they
are have been explained.
AS a necessary basis for an Intelligent
understanding of that which any obser-
want traveller through the State sees on
features are mentioned and in some de-
tail the structure and formation of the
four ranges of mountains which are
found in Vermont are given. These eleva-
tions, the Green mountains, the Taconic
mountains. the Red Sandrock hills and
the granite hills are considered in turn,
Photography is now taught in many
of our public schools and in this con-
nection 1t Is extremely important that
more than any other the surface features
of our own State should be studied and
understood. The chapter has been pre-
pared especially that students of physio-
graphy may give first attention to that
which is Immediately about them. The
second chapter by Professor c. II.
Richardson in more brief and general
manner treats of the same subject and
forms a good companion, as the point
of view is somewhat different
In the third chapter Professor H. L.
Fairchild completes his study OF ancient
water levels in Vermont taking up the
eastern part of the State as he had done.
in the previous report, the western por-
ton. These three chapters. read with
Professor Fairchild former article give
the most complete account of Vermont
photography that has been written.
The fourth chapter by Professor W.
G. Foye is study of what is known as
the Rochester quadrangle Of the topo-
graphic survey, especial attention being
given to the rock formations. This
quadrangle includes mostly mountain
towns, as Ripton, Hancock, Goshen,
Chittenden, etc. so that the study really
involves a study of Green mountain
structure and is of permanent value.
The firth chapter contains a report of
Professor Richardson's Investigations in
the towns of Mortified and Roxbury
For many years DR.. Richardson has
worked on the rocks of eastern Vermont
and from the Canada border he has gone
from town to town, as his articles in pre-
vious reports show, and by these re-
searches he has added greatly to what
is known of Vermont geology.
Following this are reports by Profess
sor E. c. Jacobs on the copper. tale and
lime industries of Vermont and 1t. is to
these that one must turn for the best
and latest information as to these
materials.
A short list of attitudes. which should
be added to the fuller list published in
the previous report. is here given be-
cause the data were not available when
the tenth report was published. In the
chapter following Mr. Julius W. Eggles-
ton has contributed most admirable
account of the complicated series of
rocks found at Cuttingsville especially
Professor c. N. Dale gives a summary
of what is to be future report on the
geology of portion of the west flank
OF the Green mountains.
AS the State collections have recently
been moved into the new State building
the curator has given n brief statement
ant nd OF
ton of these collections so that any
who may wish can learn what there Is
to be seen should one think Of visiting
the museum. The usual summary of the
mineral resources of the State and lists
OF quarrying and stone cutting firms will
be found near the end of the volume.
Finally there ia q reDOrt on the progress