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pared to furnish one family or a thousand with homes in the
same neighborhood, so that they can enjoy the social inter-
course so dearly prized by Germans, and the advantages of
schools, churches and societies of their own nationality, at the
same time close by others of American nationality. These
tracts will be furnished upon application at the office of the
Commissioner in Baltimore, at from $15 to $40 per acre, and
the terms of payment will be made to suit the applicants
ability to pay for it. Owing to the great abundance of fine
timber on this tract, a house and all necessary out buildings
can be put up at very little cost.

In selecting a home in the State of Maryland, the Emigrant
derives another advantage: He is saved a long, tedious and
expensive journey into the interior. Nor is this all. In spite
of the efforts of the officers of the Government and German
Emigrants Societies, all desirous of protecting the emigrant
against fraud, it often happens that in his journey to the
West, after he goes from under the watchful care of these of-
ficers, he is beset by swindlers who delude him by false state-
ments, and often despoil him of his money. Should ho de-
eire to remain in Maryland, he has only to communicate his
intention to the Commissioner of Immigration; or his clerk,
one of whom you will find at the vessel on its arrival at the
port of Baltimore; or should he arrive at the port of New York
and make known his wishes to the agents of Commissioners
of Immigration at Castle Garden, they will send him to Bal-
timore. Under no circumstances let him have any communi-
cation with any one, until he has seen the Commissioner in
Baltimore. That officer will take him in charge and send
him to his intended home, where he will find intelligent and
sympathizing friends from his own country to welcome
him.

GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF

MARYLAND.

The State of Maryland is situated between lat. 37° 48' and
39° 44' N., and long. 75° 04' and 79* 33' W. It is bounded on
the North by Pennsylvania, South and West by Virginia,
and East by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean. It has an
area, including the Chesapeake Bay, of 11, 124 square
miles.

Geographically it is divided into three sections, two of
which, parted by the Chesapeake, are similar in formation,
while the third is marked by the ledge of primitive rocks,
which runs from the left bank of the Potomac, in Montgom-
ery county, N. E. to the Susquehanna river. The soil of the
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