MAP OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 53 
LESSON 29. 
Mar No. 4 is a Map of the Eastern, or New England States. 
This division of the United States comprises six States. It is bounded on 
the north by Canada East south by the Atlantic Ocean and Long Island 
Sound ; east by New Brunswick and the Atlantic Ocean, and west by the 
State of New York, 
Point out, on the Map, Maine— New Hampshire— Vermont— Massachu- 
setts— Connecticut— Rhode Island. These are the Eastern States. Maine 
iS the largest. Rhode Island is the smallest State, and the smallest in the 
Union, Massachusetts contains more inhabitants than any of the other 
Eastern States, 
Point out Canada East—New Brunswick— New York— Atlantic Ocean 
—Long Island Sound, 
Point out St. John’s River — St, Croix R.— Penobscot R. — Kennebeck 
R— Androscoggin R.-— Merrimack R.— Connecticut R.— Thames R. 
These are the principal rivers in New England, The St, John’s river is 
partly in Maine, and partly in New Brunswick. 
Point out the White Mountains— Green Mountains— Mount Katahdin. 
These are the principal mountains in the Eastern States. Mount Washing- 
lon is the highest of the White Mountains, and the highest in New England. 
[t is about & mile and a quarter high. "The summit is nearly all the time 
covered with snow. 
Point out Lake Champlain-— Moosehead L.— Grand L.— Winnipiseo- 
gee I. [ Win-ne-pe-sö-ge]. Lake Champlain belongs partly to Vermont, 
and partly to New York, Its waters flow into Sorelle River, and thence 
into the St. Lawrence, 
Point out Grand Menan Island — Mount Desert Island — Nantucket 
Island — Martha’s Vineyard— Block Island. "The first island belongs to 
New Brunswick; the second, to Maine; the third and fourth, to Massachu- 
jetts; and the fifth, to Rhode Island. Nantucket is noted for the number of 
vessels belonging to it, that are employed in the whale fishery, 
Point out Augusta—-Concord— Montpelier— Boston— Providence— New- 
port— New Haven— Hartford, "These cities are the capitals of the New 
ngland States, Rhode Island and Connecticut have each two capitals, 
Point out Portland — Bangor — Portsmouth — Newburyport — Salem — 
Towell— New London. These are among the most important cities in the 
Sastern States, that are not capitals. 
Point out Passamaquoddy Bay—Penobscot Bay-—Canpe Cod.