NEW-ENGLAND. 



?" SITUATION AND EXTENT. 



Miles, Degrees. Sq. Miles, 



Length 600 } , , C 41 and 48 north latitude. > „„ nn _ 



tj j.u onnf between ■? ■ - , _,, ,, .. , J- 72,000 

 Breadth 200 5 £65 and 74 west longitude. 5 



Boundabies.... Bounded on the north by Lower Canada; on the 

 west by New- York; on the south by the Atlantic Ocean and Long- 

 Island sound ; and on the east by New-Brunswick and the Atlantic 

 Ocean. It comprehends the states of Vermont, New-Hampshire, 

 Massachusetts, Rhode-island, and Connecticut. 



Rivers... .The principal rivers are, the Connecticut, Thames, 

 Merrimac, Piscataqua, Saco, Kennebec, Penobscot, Schodic, Ama- 

 riscoggin, Parker's, Charles, Taunton, Providence, Stratford, Onion, 

 La Moille, and Missisconi. 



Bays and Capes... .The most remarkable bays and harbours are 

 those formed by Plymouth, Rhode-Island, and Providence plantations; 

 Monument-Bay, West-Harbour, formed by the bending of Cape- 

 Cod ; Marble-Harbour, Piscataqua, Machias, Wiscasset, Portland, 

 Newburyport, Boston, New-Bedford, Newport, New-London, and 

 New-Haven harbours. 



The chief capes are, Cape Cod, Marblehead, Cape Anne, Cape 

 Netic, Cape Porpoise, Cape Elizabeth, and Cape Small-Point. 



Face of the Country, Mountains, &c... .New-England is a high, 

 hilly, and, in some parts, a mountainous country. The mountains 

 are comparatively small, running nearly north and south in ridges 

 nearly parallel to each other. Between these ridges flow the great 

 rivers in majestic meanders, receiving the innumerable rivulets and 

 larger streams which proceed from the mountains on each side. To 

 a spectator on the top of a neighbouring mountain, the vales between 

 the ridges, while in a state of nature, exhibit a romantic appear- 

 ance. They seem an ocean of woods, swelled and depressed in its 

 surface, like that of the great ocean itself. 



There are four principal ranges of mountains, passing nearly from 

 north-east to south-west, through New-England. They consist of a 

 multitude of parallel ridges, each having many spurs, deviating from 

 the course of the general range : which spurs are again broken into 

 irregular hilly land. The main ridges terminate, sometimes in high 

 bluff' heads, near the sea-coast; and sometimes by a gradual descent 

 in the interior parts of the country. These ranges of mountains are 

 lull of lakes, ponds, and springs of water, that give rise to number- 

 less streams of various sizes. No country on the globe is better wa- 

 tered than New-England.* 



* Morse's American Geography, 



