NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 



SITUATION AND EXTENT. 



Bliles. Sq. Miles.-, 



Length 1681 f 42° 41' and 45° 11' North latitude, f n rnr 



Breadth Irom V- between < _., .„, j- o0oo , w ,, .. , s 9,500 



o 0t lq f ] 70°40'and72°28 f Westlongitude. I ' 



Boundaries. ...New-Hampshire is bounded by Lower Canada on 

 the north ; by the district of Maine and the Atlantic Ocean on the 

 east ; by Massachusetts on the south ; and by Connecticut river, 

 which separates it from Vermont, on the west. 



It is divided into six counties, as follows : 



Counties. Chief Towns. 



Rockingham, . . . Portsmouth and Concord. 



Strafford, .... Dover and Durham. 



Cheshire, .... Charlestown and Keene. 



Hillsborough, . . . Amherst. 



Grafton, .... Plymouth. 



Coos, Lancaster. 



Mountains... .New-Hampshire is intersected with several ridges 

 of mountains, among which the principal is the lofty ridge which 

 divides the Connecticut and Merrimack rivers, denominated the 

 Height of Land. But the White Mountains are undoubtedly the 

 highest in all New England. Their height is said to be 11,000 feet 

 above the level of the sea. They are almost continually covered with 

 snow and ice, whence they have received the name of White Moun- 

 tains. Though they are seventy miles inland, they are visible many 

 leagues off at sea. One of their loftiest summits, which makes a 

 majestic appearance, along the shore of Massachusetts, has lately 

 been distinguished by the name of Mount Washington. 



Rivers and lakes. ...The most considerable rivers of this state are 

 the Connecticut, Merrimack, Piscataqua, Upper and Lower Amo- 

 noosuck ; besides many other smaller streams. The chief lakes are 

 Winnipiseogee, Umbagog, Sunopee, Squam, and Great Ossipee. 

 Connecticut river washes the we'st side of this state, its whole length ; 

 its principal branches in New-Hampshire are Israel and John's river, 

 the Upper, Lower, and Wild Amonoosuck, Sugar, and Cold rivers. 

 A bridge crosses Connecticut river between Haverhill and Newbury, 

 between Cornish and Windsor, and between Hanover and Norwich; 

 another crosses the same river at Bellows' falls in Walpole. Merri- 

 mack river is formed from the Pemigewasset, which has its source 

 near Moosehillock mountain, and the Winnipiseogee river, from the 



