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Title: Bacon's descriptive handbook of America ..
Year: 1866 (1860s)
Authors: Bacon, George Washington. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: London and New York, G. W. Bacon and co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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HE STATES AND TERRITORIES. The thirty-seven States are, for convenience of description,usually divided into five groups, called respectively,Eastern, Middle, Southern, Western, and Pacific. Besidesthese there are nine Territories, which lie between theMississippi River and the Pacific States. THE EASTERN, OR NEW ENGLAND STATES. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,Rhode Island, Connecticut. The New England division of the United States is inmany respects the most remarkable and characteristic.The six States which form it comprise the earliest settledand best improved portion of the Union. Its coast of great extent is deeply indented with baysand a number of excellent harbours. Towards the norththe shore is diversified by sloping hills and bold promon-tories. Situated upon a basis of primitive rocks, its phy-sical features are generally of a bold aud rugged cast. Theprincipal mountains rise in chains or detached groups,increasing towards the north to an almost alpine elevation.
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THE STATES AND TERRITORIES. 99 The chief group is that of the White Mountains in New-Hampshire, so named from its being ten months in theyear covered with snow. Mount Washington, whose battlements stand clothed in heavens own hue,To swell as freedoms home on mans unbounded view ! is the highest peak. The face of the country consists principally of a broadhighland tract, diversified by mountain ranges. Thesogive a bold and rugged aspect to the country, which seldomexpands into those wide and fertile plains which enrich alarge portion of the more Southern States. The soil,though to a great extent sterile, is, in places where it iswell watered, capable of an extensive cultivation. It isbest adapted for pasturage and grains of a secondaryquality. The chief river is the Connecticut, which risesnear the border of Canada, and traverses the finest partof the country, amid high but pastoral valleys, the lowerportion bordered by alluvial plains and fertile meadows. The climate is variable, and

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