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Contractions used in references

Introduction......

I.-America in general, comprising both North and South America.....

II.-North America in general, comprising the United States, or a large

portion of them, and the British possessions of North America....

III.-Arctic America, comprising Greenland, Arctic Archipelago, and the

northernmost part of America..

IV.-Newfoundland......

V.-Acadia, comprising Nova Scotia (Cape Breton Island), Prince Edward

Island, Magdalen Islands, and New Brunswick.................

VI.-Canada proper, comprising the Province of Quebec (Anticosti Island),

or Lower Canada, or East Canada, and the Province of Ontario,

or Upper Canada, or West Canada

VII.-New England, comprising Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa-

chusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut

VIII.-New York and New Jersey..

IX.-Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland

X.-Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan

XI.-Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa...

XII.-Southern States, comprising Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ten-

nessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina,

and North Carolina....

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XIII.-Northwestern States and Territories, comprising Nebraska, Dakota,

Wyoming, Montana, National Park, and Idaho..

XIV.-Northwest Territories of the British possessions, comprising Manitoba,

Hudson Bay Company's Territory, Saskatchewan River, or Assinni-

boinia, British Columbia, Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands.

XV.-Pacific States and Territories, comprising Alaska, Washington, Oregon,

and California

XVI.-Central-Western States and Territories, comprising Nevada, Utah,

Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri......

XVII.-Southwestern States and Territories, comprising Arkansas, Louisiana,

Indian Territory, New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona..

XVIII-Mexico......

XIX.-West Indies or Antilles, comprising all the islands between the Baha-

mas and Trinidad

XX.-Central America, comprising British Honduras or Balize, Honduras,

Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica...

XXI.-South America in general.

XXII.-Ecuador, Colombia or New Granada, and Venezuela.

XXIII.-Guiana and Brazil...

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XXIV.—Paraguay, Uruguay, Republica Argentina, Patagonia, Falkland Islands

or Islas Malvinas, and Tierra del Fuego...

XXV.-Chili, Bolivia, and Peru