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2. Most of the soil is well cultivated, and produces the
various grains common to this part of the Union, with frults
and vegetables in abundance, which supply the markets of
the large cities in the adjacent states,
3. The manufactures are extensive and flourishing. "They
comprise cotton and woollen goods, with various articles ol
iron, glass, leather, &c,
4. Some important canals and rail-roads extend througl
the state, and add greatly to the facilities of intercourse be-
tween the northern and southern parts of the Union.
Sr The people of New Jersey bore their full share in the perils and
hardships of the revolution; and some of the most important battles
of that period were fought within the limits of 1lıc state,
6, Tronton, on the Delaware river, at the head of tide-water, is the
capital of New Jersey. It has considerable trade and manulactures-
and is noted for the capture of the Hessians in 1776, by Gener®
Washington,
7. Newark, 10 miles west from New York, is the largest town
the state. It is well built, and has extensive manufactures. Now
Brunswick, on the Raritan river, is a place of considerable trade, Ji
contains Rutgers College, a highly respectable literary institution.
8, Paterson, at the falls of the Passaic river, is one of {he principt
manufacturing towns in the country. Here are numerous mills, fac-
tories, founderies, and all the different establishments nocessary in 9
place devoted to the fabrication, on a large scale, of cotton and wooller
goods, paper, and machinery of various kinds,
9. Princeton, 11 miles north-cast of Trenton, is a neat and pleasan!
town. It is the scat of New Jersey College, one of the oldest an
most respectable literary institutions in the Union, KElizabethtown
Burlington, Camden, and Salem, are thriving towns.
Map No. 11.— What bounds New Jersey on the north? N.-Y.—
What on the east? A.-On,, N.-Y, — West? Pa, De. — What river
scparates New Jersey from Pennsylvania and Delaware? De, — Whal
river sepuürates it from New York? Hn.— Which are the three prir-
cipal rivers of New Jersey? Pe, Rn, Me.— Which is the most
northern county? Sx,— "The most southern? C..My.— The most
eastern? Bn,— The most western? Sm. — What Cape at the south-
ern extremity of New Jersey? My.— What Bay on the south-west
De. — When were the battles of "F'renton, Princeton, Monmouth, and
said of the soil? What does it produce? 3, What is snid of the
marnfactures ? What do “hey comprises * 4, What extends through the
K-* 5. What is eaid cf the people? r, Deseribe Trenton. 7, New-
E New Brunswick, CC, Paterson 9. Princeton, and other town®
