Carey's American pocket atlas ; containing twenty a brief description of each state, and of Louisiana: also, the census of the inhabitants of the United States, for 1801 and The exports from the United States for ten years . ecil, Kent, Queen Ann, Caroline, Talbot,Somerset, Dorchester, and Worcester. Bays and Rivers. Cliesapeak Bay divides this stateinto eastern and western divisions. This bay is the larg-est in the United States. From the eastern shore in Ma-ryland, it receives Pokomoke, Nanticoke, Choptank, Ches-ter and Elk rivers. From the north, the rapid Susquehan-nah, and from
Carey's American pocket atlas ; containing twenty a brief description of each state, and of Louisiana: also, the census of the inhabitants of the United States, for 1801 and The exports from the United States for ten years . ecil, Kent, Queen Ann, Caroline, Talbot,Somerset, Dorchester, and Worcester. Bays and Rivers. Cliesapeak Bay divides this stateinto eastern and western divisions. This bay is the larg-est in the United States. From the eastern shore in Ma-ryland, it receives Pokomoke, Nanticoke, Choptank, Ches-ter and Elk rivers. From the north, the rapid Susquehan-nah, and from the west, Gunpowder, Patapsco, Severn,Patuxent and Patomac rivers; half of the last is in Ma-ryland, half in Virginia. Patapsco pursues a south and southeast course, till itreaches Elkridge landing, about 8 miles S. W. of Balti-more ; it there turns eastwardly, over falls, and widensinto a broad stream to its mouth. It is navigable for ves-sels drawing 16 feet water, to Fells point, at Baltimore. Pato-wmac rises by two branches, the northern and south-ern, whose sources are near the Alleghany the head spring of its north branch, its course is to fort Cumberland: and after pursuing a winding and /&„, ^. MulRYZAJSTD fT ? ? ., .7/,; Ar A ( 83 ) circuitous course, receiving several streams, the principalof which are the Shenandoah, the eastern branch, andthe Connecocheague, empties into the Chesapeak, whereit is 7 1-2 miles wide. The distance from the Capes, tothe head of tide water, is more than 300 miles: fromthence it is obstructed by four Falls, viz. the little falls,18 miles above Alexandria; the great falls, 6 miles high-er ; the Seneca, or Senegar falls, 6 miles higher ; and theShenandoah falls, 60 miles above the Seneca, and 120miles below Cumberland. Severn is a short river, running S. E. to ChesapeakBay, passing by Annapolis. Patuxent rises in Ann Arundel county, and runningsouth-eastwardly, and then eastwardly, empties into thebay, about 1
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