. New dollar atlas of the United States and Dominion of Canada ... 28 STATE OF Topogidpliy.—Connecticut is the third smallest of theStates, followin<r next after Rhode Island and Delaware. Itsaverage length is eighty-six miles; average breadth, fifty-fivemiles; area, 4,990 square miles, or 3,193,000 acres. The countryis beautifully diversified by hills and valleys, although thescenery is less rugged than that of the States on its north. TheGreen mountain range terminates in this State in a series ofhills, and the highest land is about 1,000 feet above the Housato
. New dollar atlas of the United States and Dominion of Canada ... 28 STATE OF Topogidpliy.—Connecticut is the third smallest of theStates, followin<r next after Rhode Island and Delaware. Itsaverage length is eighty-six miles; average breadth, fifty-fivemiles; area, 4,990 square miles, or 3,193,000 acres. The countryis beautifully diversified by hills and valleys, although thescenery is less rugged than that of the States on its north. TheGreen mountain range terminates in this State in a series ofhills, and the highest land is about 1,000 feet above the Housatonic, Thames and Quinnebaug, and Coimecticutvalleys exend north and south through the State, and containmuch of its best sea coast is over 100 miles in length, and is deeply indented by numerous baysand harbors, affording excellent anchorage for sea-going vessels. New Haven, Bridge-port, New London, Stonington and Saybrook are the most important of these. Climate,—Connecticut is not subject to such great extremes of temperature asMassachusetts, Vermont and Northern New York,
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