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46 the logs are floated down the rivers to saw mills, where they are cut into boards.

Thousands of logs descend the Penobscot river to the city of Bangor, which is the greatest lumber market of New England.

In what part of the United States is New England? How many New England states are there? Which is the most northern? Which is the most southern? Which is the largest? The smallest? Rhode Island is also the smallest state in the Union. Which of these states has no seacoast? For this reason Vermont is called an inland state.

What mountains are in Vermont? In New Hampshire? Where is Mount Ka-tah'-din? Which is the longest river of New England? Between what two states does the Connecticut river run? Into what does it flow? The Connecticut valley has the best land in New England, and is famous for its tobacco crop. Which two of the rivers of Maine are the largest? The Kennebec river is noted for its salmon. What river forms a part of the northern boundary of Maine? What river is the outlet of Lake Winnepesaukee (win-ne-pe-sok'-ke)? The Merrimac river is famed for the number of factory wheels that it drives.

What cape is on the coast of Massachusetts? What body of water lies south of Connecticut? What island is south of this sound? Where is Massachusetts bay? What capital city is upon it? Cambridge, a city near Boston, contains Harvard University. Where is Narragansett bay? Newport, a famous summer resort, is on Narragansett bay. Where is Casco bay? What commercial city is on Casco bay?

On what river is Augusta? What city on the Penobscot river is the great lumber market? On what river is Concord? Montpelier?

In what state do you live? If not in New England, in what direction is New England from you? In what direction is Maine from Connecticut? Rhode Island from Vermont? Portland from Boston? Worcester from Boston? New York from Boston?

Suppose you were on a steamboat going up the Connecticut river, in what direction would you be going? In what direction do the Green mountains extend?

Scale.—Which is larger, the scale of this map or that of the map of the United States? What does an inch represent on this map? What does an inch represent on the map of the United States? Use the scale and measure the distance from Boston to Portland.

Map Drawing.—Connecticut has simple boundary lines, and it may be well to let the class copy the map on this state upon their slates, and afterward try to draw it from memory.

Review.—By way of review, four columns may be put on the blackboard; the first for the name of each state, the second for the largest river in each, the third for the capital, the fourth for the chief city. These should be called for from the class, and should be written in their appropriate columns.

1. Manufacturing is the chief business of New England. Many of the rivers run swiftly down to the sea, and thus afford a great deal of water power. This has led many people to become manufacturers.

They have built mills and factories along the banks of many of the streams. Cotton and woolen cloths are made, clothing, boots and shoes, machinery and hardware, watches, clocks, and many other useful articles.



2. A factory is a large building in which things are made with the aid of machinery. Boots and