Penobscot
a river of Maine, having two branches. The W. branch rises near the Canadian frontier, and flows E. and S. E. to where it meets the E. branch or Seboois river. Afterward its course is S. S. W. to Penobscot Bay, a broad and the rate of 4,000,000 a month to keep up the supply. Copper blank sheets are bought by the government large enough to cut 100 cents from. On reaching reaching the the mint the sheets are cut into strips, from which the round blanks called planchets are punched, and these run directly sheltered inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 35 PENOLOGY miles long and 20 wide, with numerous islands. It is tidal and navigable for large vessels to Bangor, 60 miles from its mouth. The chief trade is in lumber. em-