jail, a bank, a printing office, from which is issued a weekly newspaper, an academy, and two cotton factories. Iron has long been manufactured in this place. Population 4220.

Troy is an extensive manufacturing town. Fall River village, which forms a part of it, contains 14 factories, built, some of them of brick, and some of stone; and in 1828 it had more than 2000 inhabitants. The stream moving the machinery falls 140 feet in eighty rods. Troy has also a printing office, a weekly newspaper, and a bank. The population of the whole town in 1820 was only 1594.

Westport has a population of 2633. It is a good agricultural town, and sends large quantities of its produce to the New-Bedford market. Quakers form the principal religious

sect.

GENERALIZATION.

Inhabitants, &c. Bristol County contains 19 towns, and in 1820 had a population of 40,908, of whom 796 were coloured. A large number of the inhabitants are employed

What does it contain? What is manufactured here ? What is the population of Taunton ?

For what is Troy remarkable? Describe Fall River village.

What is the population of Westport? For what is it most noted? What is the principal religious sect?

How many towns are there in Bristol county? What was its population in 1820? How are a large number of

in manufactures. The county was incorporated in 1685, and sends three Senators to the State Legislature.

Rivers. Taunton River rises in Abington and Carver, in Plymouth County, and passes south-west across Bristol County into Narraganset Bay. It is an important stream, much the largest in the county, and is navigable for sinall vessels 20 miles to Taunton.

Canoe and Rumford Rivers, emptying into Taunton River, and a branch of the Pawtucket afford valuable mill privileges, which are extensively occupied.

Mountains, there are none. The county is generally level and sandy. Iron ore is found in large quantities in different parts of the county.

the inhabitants employed? When was the county incorpoHow many Senators does it send to the Legisla

rated ? ture ?

Where does Taunton River take its rise? What is its course, and where does it empty? What is its im ortance? Where do Canoe and Rumford Rivers empty? V nat is said of the surface of the county? What mineral is found there?

General review of the County.

Draw the shape of Bristol County. How is it bounded? Draw the rivers of Bristol. Which is Taunton River? Where does it empty? How far is it navigable? Where is Taunton ? Mark it on your drawing. Where are the courts of the county held? Where is New-Bedford ? Mark it. Tell what you know of New-Bedford. Where is Buzzard's Bay? Which way is New-Bedford from Taunton? How is New-Bedford connected with Fairhaven?

DUKES COUNTY.

TOWNS.

Chilmark contains the settlement of Gay Head Indians, of whom there are 250, owning 2400 acres of land.

Edgartown is the shire town of the county. Its fine harbour is much resorted to, as a place of refuge in dangerous weather, by vessels on the coast. There are in this town 1374 inhabitants, exclusive of Indians, of whom there are more than 100.

Tisbury has a large and safe harbour, called Holmes' Hole; and vessels bound into Massachusetts Bay frequently put in there to wait for a wind to carry them round Cape Cod. There are 1223 inhabitants besides a small number of Indians.

GENERALIZATION.

Inhabitants, &c. There are only three

Mark Fairhaven. Which way from Fairhaven is Westport? Mark Westport. In what part of the county is Attleborough? Mark it. What towns were attacked in the

Revolution? What towns have suffered from the Indians ?

What Indians are there at Chilmark? Give an account of them.

What is said of Edgartown? Of its harbour? How many white inhabitants has Edgartown? How many Indians? What harbour has Tisbury For what is it chiefly frequented? How many inhabitants has it?

towns in this county, with an aggregate population of 3,292, of whom 97 are blacks. It was incorporated in 1695; and, in connexion with Nantucket, sends one Senator to the Legislature.

The general sterility of their land and their favourable situation for fishing induce the inhabitants to seek their chief subsistence from the sea. The Indians, between 4 and 500 in number, have five different settlements in the county, and possess 3,150 acres of land. These miserable remnants of the original inhabitants of the country, are under the general care of the Legislature of Massachusetts. They possess all their lands in common, and are not permitted by the government to dispose of them to the neighbouring inhabitants. Though under the general superintendence of the State, their private and peculiar interests are left to their own management. They make their laws in public meetings, in which the singular custom prevails of allowing the women to take a part and to have the same right of voting as the men. A missionary gen

How many towns are there in the county? What is its population? When was it incorporated? What connexion has it with Nantucket? How do the inhabitants gain their subsistence ? How many settlements have the Indians in the county? How much land do they possess? How are they governe!? How do they hold their lands? How do they make their laws? What singular custom prevails among them? What instruction have they?

B

erally resides among them, and schools are taught from three to five months in a year. Rivers. There are a few small streams, but the limits of the county do not allow the existence of any river of importance.

Mountains. The Island of Martha's Vineyard, which constitutes almost the whole of Dukes County, has no high elevations, though the land rises in the western part of it.

To Dukes County belong the Elizabeth Islands, which extend eighteen miles along the southern limit of Buzzard's Bay, 16 in number, and several of them inhabited.

ESSEX COUNTY.

TOWNS.

Amesbury has extensive manufactories. They are situated on Powow River, which rises in

What is said of rivers? What of mountains? What islands belong to the county? How many are there?

Draw Martha's Vineyard. How is it situated? Where is Edgartown? Where are the county courts held? Mark Edgartown. Where is Holmes Hole ? Mark it. For what purpose is it resorted to? Where is Chilmark? Where are the Gay Head Indians? Draw the Elizabeth Islands. What constitutes Dukes County ?

On what river are the factories in Amesbury situated?