Illustrated Gazetteer of the Maritime Countries (Vol. 34)

...The building Likely referring to a state prison or public workhouse mentioned at the end of the previous page. is seventy feet long and thirty-six feet wide and fourteen feet deep. Inside, fifty to sixty people are engaged in labor.

The administrative officials here are ranked the same as those in Maine original: "緬部" (Miǎn bù).. Throughout the region, there are 1,600 village schools and 35 district schools. Within the capital city, there is one Great Academy This likely refers to Dartmouth College, though it is located in Hanover rather than the capital, Concord. 19th-century Chinese sources often grouped major institutions with the "capital" or primary city.; it employs ten professors and has approximately 200 students. There are over 500 religious congregations, each of which has built a house of worship. Each congregation consists of about eight or nine hundred people, overseen by a single pastor. The benevolent societies are organized in the same manner recently added.

The Department of Vermont

original: "洼門部" (Wā-mén bù). This is a phonetic rendering of Vermont.

Vermont is bordered on the east by New Hampshire original: "紐含社" (Niǔ-hán-shè)., on the west by New York original: "紐育" (Niǔ-yù)., on the south by Massachusetts original: "馬沙朱碩士" (Mǎ-shā-zhū-shuò-shì)., and on the north by British territory Canada.. The region is mountainous; its highest peak is Mount Mansfield original: "粵士非爾山" (Yuè-shì-fēi-ěr shān). At approx. 4,393 feet, it is the highest point in Vermont., which stands over four thousand feet high approx. 400 zhang.

The Connecticut River original: "滾特底格" (Gǔn-tè-dǐ-gé). originates in Vermont and flows down into the state of Connecticut transliterated here as "衮特底格". before entering the sea. Lake Champlain original: "古勒連湖" (Gǔ-lè-lián hú). covers an area of six hundred square li. The region was first settled by English people coming from Massachusetts...