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•lii- wav hat ac luired much valuable statistical information. 

 The \ni!i>ii- 1 1 : i - qoI spoken of half tlic places which ho 

 visited j t'> do bo, would swell this volume beyond tho 

 limit- whiofa he in ends it Bhould occupy. 



Owing to the Author residing at Worcester, lie has 

 devoted i larger space to Massachusetts than to any other 

 State. 



If, therefore, in the perusal <>f this very unpretending 



rolume, the reader can catch a glimpse <>f the agricultural, 



nercial, and industrial features of this gigantic 



ooontrr, the Author's wishes will be abundantly gratified. 



P. TOCQUE. 



M I - March I, 1851. 



