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Clinch River, situate among; the foothills: vt' the northern extension 

 of Wahlen's Ridge at an elevation of 1,200 feet. The climate and 

 natural productions of this region are much the same as those of the 

 higher hills around Chattanooga. The country around Harrinian is 

 well wooded and some of the highest elevations of the Cumberland 

 range in Tennessee are found to the north and west in Scott and 

 Cumberland counties, Cross Mountain being 3, 300 feet above the sea. 

 A day's trip was made to Clinch River, near Kingston, at the junc- 

 tion of the Clinch and Tennessee rivers. 



6. Allardt, Fentress County ; June 5th to 8th. 



A village on the Cumberland plateau, five miles east of James- 

 town, the county seat. The table land for many miles around 

 Allardt is remarkably level, and divides at this point the drainage 

 north and south into the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers. The 

 soil is rather poor, supporting a growth of oak, chestnut and pine, 

 the latter often monopolizing large tracts. The elevation may be 

 estimated at an average of 1,800 feet. Records were made and 

 some specimens taken on the bicycle trip from Sunbright, Morgan 

 County, to Allardt, and on the return journey from Allardt to Rugby 

 Road, in Scott County. 



7. Kuoxville, Knox County ; June 9th to 14th. 



On the north bank of the Tennessee River, three miles below the 

 junction of the French Broad and Holston Rivers. Owing to its 

 elevation above the sea the mean temperature at Kuoxville is about 

 the same as that of Philadelphia, but the summers are cooler and 

 winters milder. 



The region is very similar to that of parts of the valley of East 

 Tennessee already described, the fauna and flora partaking more 

 decidedly of the Alleghenian elements found in the outlying spurs 

 of the Chilhowee and Bay Mountain ranges on the southwest. 

 Most of the region about Knoxville is fertile, rolling, limestone farm 

 land, with occasional barren outcrops and ridges covered with wood. 

 Several trips to the Holston River, and one up the east bank of that 

 river, in the direction of Swampond Creek, were made. 



8. Johnson City, Washington County; June 15th to 17th. 



A picturesque town among the outlying ridges and foothills of the 

 Great Smoky Mountains, at the junction of the E. T. & W. N. C. 

 Narrow Gauge Railway, leading up into the Smoky Range, with 

 the Southern Railway System. Animal and plant life show a decided 



