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The Housatonic, the river of the mountains, rising in the 

 Berkshire Hills, meets the Sound at Stratford. The Thames, 

 with the best harbor on the New England coast, is navigable 

 to Norwich. These and their tributaries, fed by mountain 



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springs and lakes, furnish abundant water power, while the 

 whole shore of the Sound abounds in oysters, clams, lobsters, 

 etc., that make seaside resorts accessible to all. 



Population of State, census of 1900, 908,355, an increase 

 of 21.7 per cent, in ten years. 



The surface of the State is varied hills and valleys, salt 

 meadows on the coast, with intervales on borders of streams. 

 Bear Mountain in Salisbury in the northwest corner of the 

 State is 2,355 f eet high> and there are many lakes in the 

 State more than 1,000 feet above sea level. 



