OHIO.

Q. How is Ohio bounded?

A. It is bounded on the north by lake Erie and the State of Michigan; on the east by Pennsylvania; on the south and southeast by the Ohio river; and on the west by Indiana. This state bounds on the Ohio river, from the mouth of Little Beaver to that of the Great Miami, 445 miles; due north in common with Indiana, 170 miles; due east along Michigan to lake Erie, 80 miles; thence along the southern shore of Erie, 150 miles; thence south in common with Pennsylvania, to the mouth of Little Beaver, 93 miles; having an entire outline of 933 miles. Q. What is the area of Ohio?

A. The superficial contents of Ohio have been generally underrated; measured carefully on Bradford's map, and exactly calculating the rhombs, the area comes out within a small fraction of 44,000 square miles.

Q. How many acres does Ohio contain ?

A. According to the most accurate calculations it contains about 25 million acres of land.

Q. What is the latitude and longitude of this state? A. It extends from 38 deg. 30 min. to 42 deg. north latitude, and from 80 deg. 35 min. to 84 deg. 47 min. W. lon. from Greenwich.

Q. Are there are any mountains in Ohio?

A. This state is altogether free from mountains. Some

parts bordering on the Ohio river are hilly, but not mountainous. Some hills lie on either side of the Ohio river of a singular conformation, generally known by the name of the Ohio Hills.

Q. Which are the principal Rivers of Ohio?

A. The Ohio, the Muskingum, the Sciota, the Big Miami, the Little Miami, the Maumee, the Sandusky, Cuyahoga, and Grand River.

Q. Can you describe the Ohio river?

A. The Ohio, (or River of Blood, or according to some the Limpid River,) is formed by the junction of the Alleghany and Monongahela at Pittsburg.

If the Mississippi has more grandeur, the Ohio has clearly more beauty. If the Mississippi rolls its angry and sweeping waters with more majesty, the Ohio far exceeds it in its calm unbroken course, which seldom endangers the boats on its bosom, except there be misman agement or storms. No river in the world rolls for the same distance such an uniform, smooth, and peaceful current. Whoever has descended this noble river in the spring, when its banks are full, and the beautiful red bud, and Cornus Florida deck the declivities of the bluffs, (which sometimes rise 300 feet in height, impend over the river, and cast their grand shadows into the transparent waters, and are seen at intervals in its luxuriant bottoms while the towering sycamore throws its venerable and majestic arms, decked with rich foliage, over the other trees, but will readily acknowledge the appropriateness of the French name, "La Belle Riviere."

Its bottoms are of extraordinary depth and fertility generally high and dry, and for the most part healthy.For 30 miles below Pittsburg, its course is N. W. It then turns W. S. W., and pursues that general direction 500 miles. Thence S. W. 170 miles. Thence westward 280