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No. 5 MAP OF THE UNITED STATES  Engraved to Illustrate [[italics]] MITCHELL'S [[/italics]] School and Family Geography.  

EXPLANATION.
The Capitols of Countries are represented thus * of States [[image - circle]] Rail Roads [[image - dotted line]] Canals [[image - straight line]].  The figures attached to Cities and Towns indicate the number of thousands of the population thus New York 526 signifies 526,000 inhabitants.  The figures attached to Rivers indicate the number of hundreds of miles of these length of course thus the Mississippi River 41 signifies 41,000 miles long.  These characters [[images of three arrows pointing down, right, and down]] signify steam boat ship and sloop navigation the distance of which from the sea in miles is pointed out by the annexed figures.  The words underscored are the names of Indian Tribes.  
[[image - double page map of the United States, with additional inset map of the "gold region" of California]]

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