MAP OF THE MIDDLE STATES,
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LESSON 30.
No. 5 is a Map of the Middle States. "This section of the Union com-
Drises four States, It is bounded, on the north, by Canada; eart, by New
England, and the Atlantic Ocean; south, by Maryland and Virginia; and
west, by Ohio and Canada.
Point out, on the Map, New York — New Jersey — Pennsylvania —
Delaware. "These are the Middle States.
New York is the largest of the Middle States; Pennsylvania is the se-
cond in extent ; New Jersey is the third ; Delaware is the smallest.
Point out Canada East — Canada West — Vermont — Massachusetts
— Connecticut — Ohio— Virginia — Maryland — Atlantic Ocean,
Point out Lake Ontario — Lake Erie— L. Champlain — L. George —
Oneida IL. — Cayuga L.— Seneca I. Lake Ontario, and part of Lake
Erie, separate the Middle States from Canada West,
Point out the St, Lawrence River — Niagara R.— Hudson R. — Dela-
ware Rı — Susquehanna R.— Ohio R. — Alleghany R. — Monongahela
R. — Juniata R.— Schuylkill R. [Skool'-kil] — Genesee R.— Mo-
hawk R.
The St. Lawrence river forms part of the boundary between New York
and Cadada West The Delaware river forms the boundary between the
States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Point out the Falls of Niagara. "These falls are the most celebrated in
the world, "They are in the Niagara river, which forms part of the boundary
between New York and Canada West,
Point out the Alleghany Mountains— Blue Ridge — Highlands.
Point out Albany -— Trenton — Harrisburg — Dover. These are the
Sapitals of the Middle States.
Point out New York — Brooklyn — Troy -— Rochester, and Buffaln, in
the State of New York; Newark, and Brunswick, in New Jersey; Phila-
delphia — Lancaster, and Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania; Wiülmington, in
Delaware. "These are the principal cities, in the Middle States, that are not
zapitals,
Point out Long Island — Delaware Bay. Long Island forms part of the
State of New York.
Point out the Erie Canal, This work extends from Albany to Buffulo,
It ıs three hundred and sixty miles in „ngth.
Point out the Pennsylvania Canal and Rail-Road, These works extend
from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, three hundred and ninety-four nlle<.
