The Merrimack River: its source and its tributaries. Embracing a history of manufactures, and of the towns along its course; their geography, topography, and products, with a description of the magnificent natural scenery about its upper waters./ By J. W. Meader.

ITS SO U CE AND ITS TPIBrUTAlI.IES.
the industry and skill of her mechanics, is a marvel of perfection;
whether designed for great strength or extreme delicacy, its model,
its finish, its intricacy, its adjustment, its adaptation to and its effi ciency in the service for which it was intended, cannot be excelled.
The manufacture of every variety of cloth is known in the markets of
the world, aind whatever fabric is required for necessity, convenience,
con.fort, or ornament is produced.
From east to west, from north to south, the products of her fac tories are indispensable, and are turned out at prices so reasonable
as to be within the reach of all. The successful prosecution of this
great interest has not only been a benefit to our own land, but is a
substantial blessing to the human race. The enterprise which has pro duceed these wares invades all lands, and barters them to the utter most end('s of the earth, so that the naked and unsightly barbarian,
the Hlindoo and the Hiottentot, as well as the Christian, may make
a more presentable appearance in a full and not unbecoming costume
of Manchlester matchless cotton fabrics.
Thus it will be seen that in intellect, patriotism, the mechanic
arts, and agriculture, in all the appliances which tend to human
progress, the people of this rock-ribbed commonwealth maintain unimpaired the high character of their glorious ancestry. It may not
be disputed, nay, it cannot be denied, that all communities in aI1
time have had their faults and follies, and the State of New Hampshire is certainly no exception; still it is confidently believed that
no community of equal numbers exhibits greater virtues or less
vices, greater capacity in the science of government, in the art of war,
or in the peaceful pursuits which adorn and dignify a people.' Nor
are the people alone the only object worthy of reference. Ilere nature
presents herself in one of her most romantic moods. The surface
of the State is undulating in all its length and breadth, while at the
north many huge mountains rise to a dizzy height and are piled up
in inextricable confusion, and lakes, rivers, and mountain torrents
diversify the entire surface. This section has often been called the
Switzerland of America, from its,real or fancied resemblance to that
romantic land. However this may be, there is a peculiar grandeur
and sublimity about this region, as well as other distinguishing
features, such as may be termed wonderful freaks of nature, which
destroy the parallel, and leave this territory pre-eminently and in
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