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far as Boston and Portland, but the great bulk of 

 the crop is consumed in Baltimore and Washington. 

 Whoever should be searching for a location in this 

 region will save himself labor, time, and money, by 

 first consulting the gentlemen referred to. They are 

 well acquainted with all these lands, and have been 

 kind enough to furnish me with many facts in rela 

 tion to them. They have introduced multitudes of 

 settlers from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and 

 the New England States. 



The buyer of a farm in Maryland will find no 

 difficulty in arranging favorable terms of payment 

 with the seller. Hundreds of owners are anxious 

 to dispose of their properties. The conditions are 

 as accommodating as in Delaware ; for where the 

 competition to sell is so keen, the buyer is very sure 

 to have his own way. I know of farms belonging 

 to a non-resident, who is vainly offering them to 

 Northern men on almost any terms either to buy, 

 to occupy on shares, or at a nominal rent with priv 

 ilege of purchasing, or giving them, by some other 

 arrangement, the use of the owner s capital. Many 

 settlers from New Jersey have located in the vicinity 

 of Baltimore, where they are successfully pursuing 

 their former trucking business, feeding both Balti 

 more and Washington, and doing remarkably well. 



By examining the map of Maryland, the reader 

 will perceive that the Chesapeake Bay nearly di 

 vides the State into two separate parts, known re 

 spectively as the Eastern and Western shore. 

 Beginning at the south end of the Eastern shore, 

 lie will find the lands mostly sandy and of sandy 



