RHODE ISLAND.

Boundaries.-Bounded north and east by Massachusetts, south by the Atlantic, and west by Connecticut.

Soil and Climate.-The soil is in general productive, but more suitable for pasturage than cultivation, and the climate is noted for its salubrity. Face of the Country.-The face of the country is agreeably uneven; in some places hilly, but no where mountainous.

Rivers.--Providence, Taunton, and Patucket, are the principal rivers.

Canal-The Blackstone Canal is 40 miles long, and forms a communication between Providence in this State, and Worcester in Massachusetts. Bays.-Narraganset Bay extends about thirty miles into the southern part of the State.

Islands.-Rhode Island and Block Island are the principal.

Towns.-The chief towns are Providence, Newport, Bristol, and Warren.

Providence is the metropolis, and Providence and Newport are alternately the capital.

Education.-Brown University is at Providence, and learning is generally diffused among the inhabitants.

Productions.-The staple productions are beef, pork, butter, and cheese.

Rhode Island is one of the original States, and is the only State in the Union which has not formed a constitution since the declaration of independence, being still governed by the charter it received from King Charles II.

Rhode Island, for its population, is the greatest manufacturing State in the Union.

Length 50 miles, breadth 40: square miles, 1300. Population, 83,059.

QUESTIONS.

How is Rhode Island bounded?

Describe the soil and climate.

What is said of the face of the country?
Which are the principal rivers?

What is said respecting the Blackstone Canal?

What is said of Narraganset Bay?

Name the principal islands.

Which are the chief towns?

Which is the metropolis and capital?
What is said respecting education?
What are the staple productions?

Is Rhode Island one of the original States?

By what charter is Rhode Island governed?

What is the length, breadth, square miles, and population?

QUESTIONS ON THE MAP, (R. I.)

How is Providence situated? [Ans. On Narraganset Bay.] On what island is Newport? [Ans. Rhode Island.] What two islands lie south of the State of Rhode Island? [Ans. Rhode Island and Block Island.]

To what class does Providence belong? Newport?

CONNECTICUT.

Boundaries.-Bounded north by Massachusetts, east by Rhode Island, south by Long Island Sound, and west by New York.

Soil and Climate.--The soil is various, the greater portion is fertile and highly cultivated, and the climate is healthy and agreeable.

Face of the Country.--The face of the country is generally uneven, and in the north-western part mountainous.

Rivers.--The principal rivers are Connecticut, Housatonic or Stratford, and Thames.

Canal.--The Farmington Canal extends from the city and port of New Haven to the north boundary of the State, a distance of 75 miles.

Towns.--The chief towns are New Haven, Hartford, New London, Norwich, Middleton, and Litchfield.

New Haven is the metropolis, and New Haven and Hartford are alternately the capital. Education.-Learning is generally diffused among the inhabitants. Yale College, at New Haven, is an institution justly celebrated. Washington College and the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb are at Hartford.

Productions.-The staple productions are grain, beef, pork, butter, and cheese.

Connecticut is one of the original States. Length 90 miles, breadth 70: square miles, 5,100. Population, 275,248.

QUESTIONS.

How is Connecticut bounded?

Describe the soil and climate.

What is said of the face of the country?

Which are the principal rivers?

What is said respecting Farmington Canal?

Name the chief towns.

What town is the metropolis, and which the capital?

What is said respecting education?

What is said of the colleges?

What are the staple productions?

Is Connecticut one of the original States?

What is the length, breadth, square miles, and population?

QUESTIONS ON THE MAP, (CONN.)

On which side of the Connecticut river is Hartford? What river empties into Long Island Sound near the boundary between Connecticut and New York? [Ans. Housatonic.]

How is New Haven situated?

What is the name of the river, at the mouth of which New London stands? [Ans. Thames.]

What large island, belonging to New York, lies south of Connecticut?

On what river is Norwich? [Ans. Thames.]

What sound extends along the whole of the south boundary of Connecticut?

Where does the Connecticut river rise, what course does it flow, where does it empty, and to what class does it belong? Housatonic? Thames?

MIDDLE STATES.

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland.

The Middle States are distinguished for their commerce and agricultural productions. The principal commercial ports are New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.

QUESTIONS.

Which are the Middle States? For what are they distinguished? Which are the principal commercial ports?

NEW YORK.

Boundaries.-Bounded north by Lakes Erie, Ontario, the river St. Lawrence, and Lower Canada; east by Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; south by the Atlantic, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; and west by Pennsylvania.

Soil. The soil is various, but the greatest proportion of it is good, particularly in the western part of the State.

Climate. The climate in the north-eastern part

is very cold in winter, in the western more temperate, and in the south-east changeable.

Mountains. The most noted mountains are the Catskill and Highlands.

Face of the Country--Is diversified. The eastern part of this State is mountainous, the middle undulating, and the western part mostly level. Minerals.-The minerals are iron, lead, and

gypsum.

Rivers.-The principal rivers are the Hudson, Mohawk, Genessee, and St. Lawrence.