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Hats, boots, shoes, carriages, combs, axes, buttons, pins, clocks, and paper.

Are the wares of Connecticut extensively sold?

Yes; they are sold in almost every part of the world.

What two capitals has Connecticut?
Hartford and New Haven.

For what is New Haven distinguished?

For being the seat of Yale Col

It is the smallest state in the lege, one of the largest institutions Union.

of learning in the United States.

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NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY.

Which are the Middle States?

New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl

vania, and Delaware.

New York: for what distinguished?

What city in New York is the most populous place in America, and one of the greatest commercial cities in the world?

The city of New York.

What are found in the interior of the state?

Salt springs, from which large

In population, it is first among the quantities of salt are made. states of the Union.

What is the principal employment of the people?
Agriculture.

In what other branches are they extensively engaged?

Commerce and manufactures.

What are the agricultural products?
Those common to the Northern
States; wheat, oats, barley, potatoes,
butter, and cheese.

What of the commerce of this state?

New Jersey: for what noted?

Excellent fruit and garden vegetables.

What kinds of fruit are most abundant?

Peaches, apples, and melons.

Where do these find a market?

In New York and Philadelphia.

Which is the largest city in New Jersey?

Newark, noted for its manufactures.

What celebrated bathing-place in this state?

Cape May. This place is much

It is more extensive than that of visited in summer by people from any other.

Philadelphia and other places.

LESSON 45.

PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE.

Pennsylvania: noted for what?

What famous building is situated in Philadelphia? The old State-house, in which Congress signed the Declaration of Independence on the 4th of July,

For its vast quantities of coal and 1776. iron.

What can you say of its iron manufactures?

Delaware: what can you say of its size?

Excepting Rhode Island, it is the

It produces more iron than all the smallest state in the Union.

other states in the Union.

What place is particularly noted for the manufacture of iron?

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What are the staple products of Delaware?
Wheat, Indian-corn, and butter.

What important national work is built in Delaware Bay, near Cape Henlopen ?

The Delaware Breakwater, which is about two thirds of a mile long, built to protect vessels from storms

What city in this state is next to New York in the and floating ice.

number of its inhabitants?

Philadelphia.

For what is Philadelphia noted?

For the regularity of its streets, the number of its manufactories, and the beauty of its public buildings and private residences.

What is meant by a national work?

One constructed by order of the national government.

What other works are built along the coast of the United States?

Fortifications for defense, and lighthouses to guide the sailor.

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What rivers unite to form the Altamaha'? O-c, O-e. What river forms part of the boundary between Georgia and Florida? St. M-y's.

What river on the western boundary of Georgia? C-e. What river in Georgia unites with the Chattahoochee in the southwest corner of the state? F-t.

What river in Florida flows into the Atlantic south of the St. Mary's? St. J-n's.

What river, in the west of Florida, is formed by the Chattahoochee and Flint? A-å.

Name the chief rivers in Alabama. T-e, A-a, T-e..

CAPES AND BAYS.-What large bay extends nearly through Maryland? C-e.

What two capes at its mouth? C-s, H-y.
What two sounds farther south? A-e, P-0.
Into what state do these sounds extend?
What three capes on the coast of North Carolina?

What two states south of North Carolina? S. C-a, G-a. H-s, L-t, F-r.
What state south of Georgia? F-a.
What state west of Georgia? A-a.
What state north of Alabama?

What state west of Alabama?

T-e.

M-i.

What name is given to the main range of mountains extending through these states? Alleghany Mts. What mountains east of these? B-e R-e. What range west? C-d.

RIVERS.-What is the general course of the rivers east of the Blue Ridge, which flow into the Atlantic? What is the general course of the rivers south of these mountains, which flow into the Gulf of Mexico? What river divides Maryland from Virginia? P-c. What river west of the Blue Ridge flows into the Potomac? S-h.

What rivers on the western boundary of Virginia? O-o, B. S-y.

What river rising in the Blue Ridge flows northwest through the Alleghany Mountains into the Ohio? Gt. K-a.

What river flows into Chesapeake Bay near its mouth? J-s.

What river rising in Virginia flows southeast into Albemarle Sound? R-e.

N. C-a.

What capes on the east coast of Florida? C-1, F-a. What cape at the southern extremity of Florida? S-e. What cape northwest of Cape Sable? R-o. What bays on the west coast of Florida? T-a, A-e What cape near the mouth of Appalachicola River? St. B-s (blah).

What bay extends into the southern part of Alabama? M-e (mo-becľ′).

CITIES AND TOWNS.-What city, on the Potomac, the
capital of the United States? W-n.
What is the capital of Maryland? A-s.
What town north of Annapolis? B-e.
What towns on James River? L-g, R-d.
Which of these is the capital of Virginia? R-d.
What town near the mouth of James River? N-k.
What is the capital of North Carolina? R-h (raw'lee).
What town on Cape Fear River? W-n.

In what state is Charleston? S-th C-a.
What is the capital of South Carolina? C-a.
What is the capital of Georgia? M-e.
What towns on the Savannah River? S-h, A-a.
What town on the Chattahoochee? C-s.
What is the capital of Florida? T-e.

What town on the east coast of Florida? St. A-e (au

What two rivers rise in North Carolina south of the gus-teen'). Roanoke? N-e, Cape F-r.

What rivers in South Carolina? Gt. P-e, S-e, C-a, S-a.
What river divides South Carolina from Georgia? S-a.
What, south of the Savannah? A-a (al-ta-ma-hau').

What town in the west part of Florida? P-a.
What is the capital of Alabama? M-y.
What town near the head of Mobile Bay M-e.
What town in the north part of Alabama? H-e.

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