A system of modern geography : for schools, academies, and families : designed to answer the twofold purpose of a correct guide to the student, and of a geographical reading book . ? Wliat five towns contain between 3,0j0 and 4,000 people, andwhere are tliey situated? Which is the largest and most commercial town, and onwhat lake ? Which is the oldest town, and in which corner of the state ? Which isthe capital? Describe it? Where is Middlebury? For what is it celebrated?Oil what river are Rutland and Vergeniies ; Where are Windsor, Brattleborough,and St. Albans? For what are the people of Ver
A system of modern geography : for schools, academies, and families : designed to answer the twofold purpose of a correct guide to the student, and of a geographical reading book . ? Wliat five towns contain between 3,0j0 and 4,000 people, andwhere are tliey situated? Which is the largest and most commercial town, and onwhat lake ? Which is the oldest town, and in which corner of the state ? Which isthe capital? Describe it? Where is Middlebury? For what is it celebrated?Oil what river are Rutland and Vergeniies ; Where are Windsor, Brattleborough,and St. Albans? For what are the people of Vermont distinguished? What aresome of the effects of their industry ? What canal has tended to increase their pros-perity ? Mention some of the productions of their land. What stock do. they raise ?In what minerals does this state abound ? V/ith what places i^ its principal trade?What is the state of learning ? How many academiCL in the state ? How many dis-trict schools? What college and what ? With what medical school isMiddlebury College connected ? What are the principal religious sects ? When andby whom has this state been chiefly settled? MASSACHUSETTS. 53. View of the City Hall, Boston. MASSACHUSETTS. Extent, 7,500 square miles—Pop. 610,000—80 per sq. mile. Massachusetts is one of the oldest, wealthiest, and mostthickly settled states in the Union. No one of the states ismore distinguished for the intelligence, industry, and prosperousenterprise of the people, in agriculture, manufactures, com-merce and fisheries. It is divided into 14 counties and 308 towns. The surface on the sea coast is generally level; the interioris pleasantly diversified with hills and vales, and the westernparts are mountainous. The climate is healthy, though at someseasons the coast is exposed to a chilling moisture from the in-fluence of easterly winds. There are tracts of land near thesea, which are sandy, stony, and unproductive; but the soil, ingeneral, is good, both for pastu
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