In Tillage, - • - Acres 26,817 li 



English and Upland Mowing, - " 55,495 



Fresh Meadow, - - " . 7,729 1 



Pasturage, - - - " 117,0^9..^^^ 



Wood, ... « 60,997 i 



Unimproved, - - - " 123,906^ 



Unimprovable, - - " 103,694 -^ 



Owned by Towns or other Proprietaries, " 15,010 



In Roads, ... " 6,623 ^ 



Covered with water, - - " 7,261 J 



Total, 524,655 ^ 



3. General Features and Aspect. The county of Berk- 

 shire is an inland county ; at its nearest point it is about twenty-five 

 miles from any navigable waters. The county is well watered. 

 The Housatonic river, a small stream, extends through it longi- 

 tudinally. It rises from within about twelve miles of its northern 

 boundary, and flowing in a southerly direction, it receives on its pas- 

 sage the contributions of many minor streams, until it passes beyond 

 the bounds of the state into Connecticut, and empties at last into 

 Long Island Sound. The Hosick river rises in the immediate 

 vicinity of the fountain head of the Housatonic ; flowing northerly 

 and then westerly it passes through the south-west corner of Ver- 

 mont into New York and presently mingles its waters with those of 

 the Hudson. Deerfield river passes for a short distance through the 

 northern part of this county. Two branches of the Westfield river 

 take their rise likewise in this county ; and two streams of inconsid- 

 erable size under the name of Green river ; one in the northern part, 

 emptying into the Hosick and one on the south emptying in Shef- 

 field into the Housatonic, are likewise deserving of notice. There 

 are other streams, furnishing multiplied advantages to farmers and 

 manufacturers ; and presenting valuable sites for mills and mechanical 

 objects, which it is not necessary to particularize. The hills every 

 where abound in springs of the purest water ; and in an agricultural 

 view no country can be better supplied. The Pontoosuck lake 

 in nearly the centre of the county, one of the largest collections of 



