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GEOGRAPHICAL PRIMER. 
New Orleans is the only great eity. It is the main 
center of the Mississippi trade, and the largest cotton 
market in the world. 
Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, Galveston, and Mem- 
phis are cotton markets. Atlanta and Birmingham 
nave extensive iron works, and Augusta has cotton mills. 
EXERCISE. — (Open books to map of Southern States.) In 
what part of our country can these States sell their cotton? Why 
3 not cotton raised in New England? "The coal and iron come 
mainly from the mountains. Which States would you suppose 
have the most water power? Why? Find the cotton markets 
named in the lesson; the manufacturing cities; the largest city in 
sach State, (Dallas is the largest in Texas.) What have you 
read about New Orleans? Find the capital of each State. "The 
sotton States have not very many good harbors for large vessels. 
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