lies north, and Amboy bay, which lies directly south of Staten island, and Great and Little Egg harbours on the eastern coast. Capes Cape May is the southern extremity of New Jersey, at the entrance of Delaware Bay. Towns.-The chief towns are Trenton, Newark, New Brunswick, Elizabethtown, Princeton and Burlington. Newark is the metropolis, and Trenton is the capital. Education.-New Jersey College is at Princeton, Rutger's College at New Brunswick, and a Theological Seminary at Princeton, and one at Brunswick. Productions.-The staple productions of New Jersey are wheat and other kinds of grain, and fruits. New Jersey is one of the original States. Length 160 miles, breadth 43: square miles, 7,500. Population, 277,575. Name the principal bays, and tell where they are situated? Which is the principal cape? Name the chief towns. What town is the metropolls, and which the capital? What colleges are in New Jersey? What are the staple productions? Is New Jersey one of the original States? What is the length, breadth, square miles, and population? QUESTIONS ON THE MAP (N. J.) What town in New Jersey is situated on the Delaware river, opposite Philadelphia? What two harbours are situated on the eastern coast of New Jersey? What cape, belonging to New Jersey, is situated at the entrance of Delaware Bay? What river forms the boundary between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and to what class does it belong? Where are Sandy Hook and Long Branch? Where is Trenton? Newark? New Brunswick? Salem? Bridgeton? Boundaries.-Bounded north by New York and Lake Erie; east by New Jersey and New York; south by Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia; and west by Ohio and Virginia. Mountains.-The Alleghany mountains pass through the middle of this State. Soil. The soil is good, except on the mountains. Climate.-The climate among the mountains is cold in winter, but in the eastern and western parts more temperate. Face of the Country.-The middle of the State is broken by the Alleghany mountains, but the eastern and western parts are generally level. Rivers. The principal rivers are Delaware, Susquehanna, Alleghany, Monongahela, Juniata, Lehigh, Schuylkill, and Ohio. Canals.-The Pennsylvania Canal extends from Columbia on the Susquehanna to the Juniata river, and thence to Pittsburg, a distance of 322 miles. The Susquehanna Canal extends along the west side of that river from the mouth of the Juniata river to near the junction of the north and west branches, a distance of 39 miles. The canal is then extended along the north branch to the state of New York, a distance of 165 miles, and along the west branch to Dunnstown, a distance of 70 miles. The Pittsburg and Erie Canal is intended to unite the Ohio river at Pittsburg, with Lake Erie at the town of Erie. Length, 168 miles, of which about 20 miles is now finished. The Delaware division of the Pennsylvania Canal extends from Easton, at the mouth of the Lehigh_river, to Bristol on the Delaware, a distance of 60 miles. Rail Road.-The Pennsylvania Rail Road extends from Philadelphia to Columbia, on the Susquehanna river, and is 83 miles in length. The Schuylkill Canal extends from Philadelphia to the Coal Mines at Port Carbon, a distance of 114 miles. The Union Canal extends from Reading on the river Schuylkill, where it intersects the Schuyl kill Canal, to Middletown on the Susquehanna river, a distance of 80 miles. The Lehigh Canal extends along that river from Easton to Mauch Chunk, a distance of 47 miles. A rail road 9 miles in length, extends from Mauch Chunk to the coal mines. The Lackawaxen Canal extends from the Delaware river at the mouth of Lackawaxen creek, up it to near Bethany, a distance of 24 miles, where it unites with a rail road 9 miles in length, which extends to the coal mines at the Lackawannock mountains. The Conestoga Canal connects the city of Lancaster with the Susquehanna river, length 18 miles. The Chesapeake and Ohio canal will extend through the south-east part of Pennsylvania, from the state line at Wills' creek to Pittsburg, a distance of 151 miles. Towns. The chief towns are Philadelphia, Lancaster, Pittsburg, Reading, Harrisburg, Chambersburg, Carlisle, and Wilkesbarre. Philadelphia is the metropolis, and Harrisburg the capital. Education.-Pennsylvania University, Jefferson Medical college and the Asylum for the deaf and dumb are at Philadelphia. The medical school attached to this university is the most celebrated in the United States. There are four other colleges; Dickinson at Carlisle, Jefferson at Canonsburg, Washington at Washington, and Alleghany at Meadville. Productions.-The staple productions are wheat, and other kinds of grain. Minerals.-Near Pittsburg, there are inexhaustible mines of coal; vast quantities are also found in other parts of the State, particularly on the Lehigh and Schuylkill rivers. Iron ore is found in abundance, and extensively manufactured. Pennsylvania is one of the original States. Length 307 miles, breadth 160: square miles, 47,500. Population, 1,049,458. QUESTIONS. How is Pennsylvania bounded? Through what part of the State do the Alleghany mountains pass? What is said of the climate? Describe the face of the country. Name the principal rivers. Describe the Pennsylvania Canal? Susquehanna? North Branch? West Branch? Pittsburg and Erie? Delaware division of Pennsylvania Canal? Pennsylvania Rail Road? Schuylkill Canal? Union? Lehigh |