A Character of the Province of Maryland / Described in four distinct parts; also a small Treatise on the Wild and Naked Indians (or Susquehanokes) of Maryland, their customs, manners, absurdities, and religion; together with a collection of historical letters.

by George Alsop

Spread their wild grandeur to the unconscious sky,

In sweetest seasons pass unheeded by;

While scarce one muse returns the songs they gave,

Or seeks to snatch their glories from the grave.

ALEXANDER WILSON, The Ornithologist.

The greater part of the magnificent countries east of the Alleghanies is in a high state of cultivation and commercial prosperity, with natural advantages not surpassed in any country. Nature, however, still maintains her sway in some parts, especially where pine-barrens and swamps prevail. The territory of the United States covers an area of 2,963,666 square miles, about one-half of which is capable of producing everything that is useful to man, but not more than a twenty-sixth part of it has been cleared. The climate is generally healthy, the soil fertile, abounding in mineral treasures, and it possesses every advantage from navigable rivers and excellent harbors . . . MRS. SOMERVILLE.

NEW YORK:

WILLIAM GOWANS.

1869.