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INTRODUCTION. ......................................................... 3 Sketch of the first settlers of Maryland..................... 5 Social advantages of Maryland............................... 9 CLIMATE, mild, of Maryland.................................... 10 HEALTH, superior, of Maryland............................... 15 TIDE-WATER DIVISION OF MARYLAND.............................. 17 Health of tide- water division oi Maryland, superior healthiness as proved bv analysis of Census Reports

of 1850 and 1860......... ................................... 19 Tide-water Division , excellent climate of .................. 21 Geographical position and commercial connections of

Western Shore................................................. 22 Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, Patuxent River, Bal- timore and Washington Railroad, Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal- timore Railroad, Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, Chesapeake and Potomac Canal, boundaries, location,

soils of, &c................... ................................. 24 Tide-water Division of Maryland, productions of land

and water of..................................................... 25 Oysters and Canned Goods .................................... 27 Timber and Forest Trees of.................................. 28 Medicinal plants and herbs of................................. 29 Ores of useful Metals............................................ 29 BOIL and face of the country of Western Shore of tide-wa-

ter Division of..... ............................................. 30 TABLE of distances and elevations above tide-water from the Potomac River at Washington across the Penin- sula, to the Chesapeak Bay via South River, to An-

napolis, and to Round Bay on the Severn River...... 32