NEW YORK.
1. New York is divided into 56 counties; how many of them are on Long Island? 2. Which lie north from the 44th parallel of latitude? 3. Through which does the Hudson river flow? 4. What counties border on the river St. Lawrence? 5. Through what counties does the Delaware and Hudson canal run?
6. What counties lie west from the meridian of Washington? 7. What are some of the interior counties? 8. On what island is Richmond county? 9. What counties border on Lake Ontario? 10. On Lake Champlain? 11. On Lake Erie?
12. Where are the Catskill mountains? 13. Where is Crane’s mountain?
14. What lake lies north from the western part of New York? 15. Which way from New York is Lake Erie? 16. What lake separates New York from Vermont?
17. Where is Lake George? 18. What small lakes lie in the northern counties of New York? 19. Which is more northwardly, Oneida or Otsego lake?
20. Which is most westwardly, Cayuga, Seneca, or Salt lake? 21. What lake lies between Ontario and Yates counties? 22. North from what part of New York state is Long Island sound?
23. Where is Sacket’s harbor? 24. What bays are on the southern shore of Lake Ontario? 25. Where is Sag Harbor?
26. What rivers divide New York from Canada? 27. What river runs south, through nearly the whole extent of the eastern part of New York? 28. By what is it connected with Lake Champlain? 29. What city is at its mouth?
30. Through what part does the Genessee river flow? 31. What river communicates with the Hudson, near Troy? 32. What with Lake Ontario, near Brownsville? 33. Where is Tonnewanto creek?
34. What navigable water communication is there between Syracuse and Oswego? 35. The Grand canal runs through the State, from west to east; at what place does it commence? 36. At what place does it join the Hudson river? 37. In what part of the State is the Delaware and Hudson canal?
38. Where is Montauq point? 39. How is Cape Vincent situated? 40. Where is Crown point?
41. Where is Galoop island? 42. Which way from New York is Long Island? 43. How is Staten Island situated? 44. Where is Fisher’s island? 45. In what river is Grand Isle?
46. On what river is Albany, the capital? 47. Which way is it from New York city? 48. What are the principal towns on the Hudson river? 49. On what river is Utica?
50. How is Rochester situated? 51. Where is Lockport? 52. Which is further east, Herkimer or Rome? 53. In what county is Ithaca? 54. On what river is West Point? 55. Where is Fort Ticonderoga? 56. How is Fort Erie situated? 57. Which way from Fort Niagara to Fort Erie?
58. Which way from Albany is Northampton in Massachusetts? 59. Which way from Poughkeepsie to New Haven in Connecticut? 60. In what county is Saratoga Springs? 61. What navigable water communications are there between lakes Ontario and Erie? 62. What States lie east from New York? 63. What states lie south?
ENVIRONS OF NEW YORK CITY.
What river divides New York city from New Jersey? What river separates it from Long Island? Which way from New York is Brooklyn? Which way from it is Jersey city? In what county is New York city? Which way from New York city are Manhattanville and Haerlem? Where is Coney island? What island lies southwest from New York bay? What islands in New York bay? Where are the Narrows? Where is Fort Lafayette? On what island are forts Tompkins and Richmond? Which way from New York bay is Newark bay? What canal joins the Hudson river at Jersey city? In what part of New York bay is the Quarantine station?
PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND, NEW JERSEY,
AND DELAWARE.
1. Name some of the counties that lie along the northern boundary of Pennsylvania? 2. The eastern? 3. The western? 4. The southern? 5. In the interior?
6. Through what counties does the Monongahela river flow? 7. The Alleghany river? 8. What county borders on Lake Erie?
9. What range of mountains runs through the State? 10. What other mountains are in the State?
11. What lake borders on the northwestern corner of Pennsylvania?
12. What river forms the eastern boundary? 13. What river rises in New York, and flows through Pennsylvania into Chesapeake bay? 14. The city Philadelphia is situated between two rivers, and extends from one to the other; what are those rivers called?
15. What rivers unite at Pittsburg and form the Ohio? 16. Through what part does the Juniata river flow?
17. Where is the Lehigh river, the vicinity of which abounds with coal? 18. The Schuylkill river is also celebrated for the coal mines in its neighborhood; where does it rise? 19. What is its course? 20. Into what does it flow?
21. On what river is Harrisburg, the capital of the State? 22. In what county is Pittsburg? 23. Which is more northwardly, Sunbury or Easton?
24. What town lies on Lake Erie? 25. In what county is Carbondale? 26. Which is more westwardly, Lancaster or Columbia? 27. Which way is Harrisburg from Philadelphia? 28. From Carlisle to Bethany?
29. What counties in Maryland, are west from Chesapeake bay? 30. What east?
31. What river divides Maryland from Virginia? 32. Into what does the Petapsco river flow? 33. Between what counties does the Pawtuxent river flow?
34. How is Annapolis, the capital, situated? 35. What is its latitude? 36. On what river is Baltimore? 37. At the mouth of what river is Havre de Grace?
38. How far south does Maryland extend? 39. What State is south from it? 40. Which is more northwardly, Annapolis or Baltimore? 41. Cambridge or Chestertown?
42. Into how many counties is New Jersey divided? 43. Which of them are south from the 40th parallel of latitude? 44. In what part of the State is Monmouth county? 45. Name some of the northern counties.
46. Which is more northwardly, Great or Little Egg harbor? 47. Where is Barnegat bay? 48. Where is Sandy Hook? 49. Cape May?
50. On what river is Trenton, the capital? 51. Which way from Trenton to Bordentown? 52. What bay divides New Jersey from Delaware?
53. What are the counties of Delaware? 54. Which is furthest north? 55. Which furthest south?
56. In what county is Dover, the capital, situated? 57. At the mouth of what river is New Castle? 58. Where is Georgetown? 59. Where is Cape Henlopen?
60. Which way from Harrisburg to Trenton? 61. From Trenton to Dover? 62. From Annapolis to Pittsburg?
63. What States lie east from Pennsylvania? 64. What State north from New Jersey? 65. How can a person sail from Trenton to Baltimore, and not pass Capes May and Henlopen?
66. Which is largest, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, or Maryland? 67. Which is smallest? 68. Which of them border on the Atlantic ocean?
69. What cities and towns are in the District of Columbia? 70. What river runs through it? 71. On which side of the river is Alexandria? 72. What is the latitude of Washington? 73. Of what is Washington the capital?
ENVIRONS OF PHILADELPHIA.
Between what rivers is Philadelphia situated? In what county is Philadelphia? What island is in Delaware river, opposite the city? What county lies north from Philadelphia county? Which way is Germantown from Philadelphia city? What separates Camden from Philadelphia? Where is Petty’s island?
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