109. Which way are Philadelphia, Washington, and Baltimore from Boston? 110. Which is furthest?
Note. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, are called The New England States;—New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and Delaware, The Middle States;—Virginia, North and South Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, The Southern States;—Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, The Western States.—111. In what part of the Union are these sections severally situated?
MAINE.
This map represents only the southern part of the State of Maine; the northern part is covered with extensive forests. For the whole shape of the State, the pupils must refer to the Map of the United States; and by comparing the two maps, they will easily comprehend what portion of the State is here represented. This State has many lakes and rivers, but some of them are not well suited to navigation.
1. How many counties are there in Maine?[2] 2. Which of them lie along the shore of the Atlantic ocean? 3. Has Kennebeck county any sea-coast? 4. In what part is Oxford county? 5. Which is more eastwardly, Penobscot or Somerset county? 6. What lake lies in Cumberland county? 7. What lakes in Oxford county? 8. In what part of Somerset county is Moosehead lake? 9. Where is Sebec lake? 10. What creeks flow into it? 11. In what part of Maine are the Schodic lakes? 12. In what county are they? 13. What river connects Madybemp lake and Cobscook bay? 14. Into what county does Penobscot bay extend? 15. At the mouth of what river is Passamaquoddy bay? 16. Which is more eastwardly, Machias or Goldsboro’ bay? 17. In what county is Casco bay? 18. On what bay is Nobleboro’? 19. Which way is New Meadow bay from Casco bay? 20. Where is Frenchman’s bay? 21. English bay? 22. Into what does Mount Desert sound extend? 23. Where is Belfast bay? 24. Which is further west, Prospect harbour or Haycock harbour? 25. Where is Pleasant River bay?
26. What river flows between Maine and New Brunswick? 27. What are the rivers of Washington county? 28. Which is the largest river in Maine? 29. Into what bay does it flow? 30. What rivers flow into it from the west? 31. What from the east? 32. Through what counties does the Kennebeck river flow? 33. With what lake, in Somerset county, does one of its branches communicate? 34. Where is the Androscoggin river? 35. Where does it rise? 36. What is its course? 37. What rivers in York county? 38. Where is Marshall’s Island?
39. Which are the two largest of the numerous islands near the coast of Maine? 40. Which of them is further east? 41. What islands lie east from Passamaquoddy and Cobscook bays? 42. Which of them is furthest north? 43. On which of them is Eastport situated? 44. What island lies at the entrance of Machias bay? 45. Where is Manhegin island? 46. Boon island? 47. Which is more eastwardly, Little Menan island or Bowbear island? 48. Which is more northwardly, Seal rock, or Wooden Ball rock? 49. What is the longitude from Washington, of Mount Desert rock?