Excerpt from Preliminary Report on the Natural History of the State of VermontSir: On the twenty-ninth day of February, 1856, I had the honor of receiving from His Excellency governor royce the appointment of State Naturalist, to supply, until the next session of the General Assembly, the oce which was rendered vacant by the death of Professor Zadock Thompson.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.