rivers: some of the principal of which are the Connecticut, Hudson, Delaware, Poto'mac, James, Savannah, Ohio, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas (Ar-kan-saw'), Red River, and the Columbia or Oregon.

18. What is the direction of the Ohio?

19. What large rivers flow into the Mississippi on the east side? 20. What three large ones on the west side?

21. What are the five lakes on the north of the United States? 22. Which is the farthest northwest? 23. Which farthest east 24. Which lies wholly within the United States?

25. Between which are the Falls of Niagara ?

26. What lake lies between Vermont and New York?

27. What states border on the Atlantic?

28. What states border on the gulf of Mexico?

29. What states border on the great lakes? 30. What states border on the Mississippi?

31. What states border on the Ohio?

32. What states are separated by the Connecticut?
33. What states are intersected by the Connecticut?
34 What states are separated by the Potomac ?
35. What states are separated by the Savannah?

36 What states are intersected by the parallel of 40°?

37. What states lie wholly north of it? 38. What states south? 39. What states are intersected by the meridian of Washington?

0. What states lie wholly east of it? What states west?

41. Which are some of the largest states? 42. Which the smallest?

43. How is Maine bounded? 44. New Hampshire? 45. Vermont? 46. Massachusetts? 47. Rhode Island? 48. Connecticut? 49. New York? 50. New Jersey? 51. Pennsylvania? 52. Delaware? 53. Maryland? 54. Virginia? 55. North Carolina? 56. South Carolina? 57. Georgia? 58. Florida? 59. Alabama? 60. Mississippi? 61. Louisiana ? 62. Tennessee ? 63. Kentucky? 64. Ohio? 65. Indiana? 66. Illinois? 67. Missouri? 68. Michigan? 69. Northwest Territory? 70. Arkansas Territory? 71. Between what states is the city of Washington situated? 72 In what direction from it are Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and Portland?

73. In what direction are Richmond, Raleigh, and Charleston? 74. In what direction are Cincinnati and St. Louis?

75. In what direction is Detroit? 76. Harrisburg?

NEW ENGLAND, OR EASTERN STATES.

1. The six Eastern or New England States are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

2. The Connecticut is the great river of New England. It is a very beautiful river, flowing through a fine country, and passing by many pleasant towns. It is navigable for sloops to Hartford, 50 miles; and, by means of canals and locks, for boats, above Haverhill, N. H., about 300 miles.

3. The Merrimack rises in the White Mountains, flows through the central part of New Hampshire, and the northeastern part of Massachusetts. By means of this river and Middlesex Canal, a boat navigation is opened between Boston and Concord.

4. The principal mountains are, Katah'din Mountain in Maine, the White Mountains in New Hampshire, and the Green Mountains, which extend through Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

5. The country bordering on the seacoast is moderately uneven; further in the interior, it becomes greatly diversified with mountains, hills, and valleys.

6. The climate is subject to great extremes of heat and cold, but is very healthy. In the spring, chilling, damp, easterly winds prevail, which are very disagreeable.

7. The soil is various; towards the seacoast, not very fertile, but a large portion of it, in the interior, is good. It is generally better adapted to grazing than tillage.

8. The most important production is grass. The country abounds in excellent pastures and meadows, which feed great numbers of fine cattle; and beef, pork, butter, and cheese are among the most valuable productions. Maize, rye, wheat, oats, barley, flax, and hops, are extensively cultivated. Apples and cider are abundant.

QUESTIONS.-NEW ENGLAND, OR EASTERN STATES.

1. Which are the six New England or Eastern States?

2. What is said of Connecticut river? 3. What of the Merri

mack?

4 What are the principal mountains?

5. What is said of the face of the country?

6. What of the cli

mate 7. The soil? 8. The productions?

9. The exports, in addition to the articles above enumerated, consist of timber, pot and pearl ashes, and fish.

10. New England is the most commercial division of the Union, and its coasts abound in fine harbours.

11. The Eastern States, particularly Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, are among the most considerable in the Union, with regard to manufactures.

12. New England contains many flourishing seminaries of learning, and is distinguished for its excellent system of common education, which is not excelled in any part of the world.

13. In all these states, except Rhode Island, the towns are divided into districts of convenient size, in which schools are supported at the public expense, thus affording the means of instruction to all classes of the inhabitants.

'MAINE.

14. Maine is distinguished for its facilities for commerce, and for its numerous and excellent harbours. It is much the largest, but the least settled of the Eastern States.

15. The four principal rivers are the Penob'scot, Kennebee', Androscog/gin, and Sâ'co.

16. The Penobscot is navigable for ships to Bangor, 52 miles from the sea; the Kennebec' is navigable for vessels of 150 tons to Hallowell, 40 miles.

17. Portland is much the largest town, and is noted for its fine situation, its admirable harbour, and flourishing com

merce.

18. The other principal commercial towns are Kennebunk', Saco (Saw'ko), Bath, Hallowell (Hollo-el), Bangor', Belfast, Eastport, and Augusta, which is 2 miles N. of Hallo.well.

19. Brunswick and Waterville are noted for their colleges, Gardiner for its Lyce'um; and Bangor for its theological

school.

9. What is said of the exports? 10. Commerce? 11. Manufactures? 12. Education?

13. How are the schools established and supported?

MAINE.-14. For what is Maine distinguished?

15. What are its four principal rivers?

16. How far are the Penobscot and Kennebec navigable? 17. What is said of Portland ?

18. What are the other principal commercial towns? 19. For what are Brunswick, Waterville, &c. noted?

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

White Mountains.

20. New Hampshire is distinguished for the White Mountains, which are the highest in the United States to the east of the Mississippi, displaying the most sublime scenery, and surpassing every thing of the kind in this country.

21. The Notch or Gap, in these mountains, which opens a passage through them for a road, and for the river Saco, is a celebrated curiosity.

22. The other most noted mountains in the state are the Great Hay-stack, or Fayette, Moose-hillock, and Monad'nock.

23. Lake Winnipiseogee (Win-ne-pe-saw'ke), (W. L.) is a beautiful and romantic lake, in the central part of the state. 24. The principal rivers are the Connecticut, Merrimack, (M. R.) and Piscat'aqua.

21. What is said of the Notch?

22. What other mountains are there in the state?

23. What is said of lake Winnipiseogee?

24. What are the principal rivers?

25. Concord, a pleasant town, is the seat of government, but Portsmouth, near the mouth of the Piscataqua, is the largest town in the state, the only seaport, and distinguished for its fine harbour.

26. Dover is noted for manufactures; Ex'eter, for Phillips Academy; Han'over, for Dartmouth College.

VERMONT.

27. Vermont is wholly inland, and its distinguishing natural feature consists of the Green Mountains, from which the state derives its name.

28. The principal rivers are Connecticut, Otter Creek, La Moile, and Onion River.

29. Montpellier, the capital, is situated on Onion river, near the centre of the state.

30. Burlington, the most commercial town, is finely situated on lake Champlain, and noted for the University of Vermont.

31. Middlebury, on the Otter Creek, is distinguished for manufactures and for a college.

32. Ben'nington (a)* is noted for being the oldest town in the state, and for a battle in the revolutionary war. 33. Wind'sor and Brattleborough (b) are pleasant towns on the Connecticut.

25. What is said of Concord and Portsmouth?

26. What are some of the other towns of note?

VERMONT.-27. What is the distinguishing natural feature of Vermont?

28. What are the principal rivers?

29. What is the capital?

30. What is said of Burlington? 31. Of Middlebury?

32. Of

Bennington? 33. What other towns are mentioned ?

* The positions of all the towns and rivers, which are mentioned in this Epitome in Italic letters, are to be found on the maps in the Atlas which accompanies the work. In some cases, however, the name is not inserted on the maps, but is referred to by a letter of the alphabet. As, for example, a and b on ào map, denote that Bennington and Brattleborough are situated at the positions near those letters. W. L. on the map are abbreviations for Lake Winnipiseogee, and M. R. for Merrimack river.