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At D a spur extends southward from the Paint creek ridge, and 

 the valley is much narrower here. It again widens to the westward. 

 The small stream which drains it flows along the southern side and 

 reveals the rock for much of the way to Rocky Fork at Barrett's Mills. 

 At this point the valley seems to end, with the western ends of the 

 two parallel ridges standing out in bold relief, with no visible counter- 

 parts on the westward side of Rocky Fork, which has here cut its way 

 through the drift and developed its deep and picturesque gorge in the 

 limestone. 



From Barrett's Mills the journey leads along the range of hills 

 bordering Rocky Fork. This ridge is crossed with the expectation of 

 gaining Brush creek valley. 



At E a small stream is crossed which is flowing westward in- 

 stead of southward. It is at once recognized as not being Brush 

 creek, and so is examined more closely and is found to flow into 

 Rocky Fork between two high sandstone hills and in a rock 

 gorge with vertical walls. This gorge is 75 — 100 feet wide and is 

 clearly seen to be deeply filled with drift. It is very apparent that the 

 gorge is not the work of the present stream, but that the latter is run- 

 ning, at least at the upper end of the gorge, much above the rock at 

 an elevation of 940 feet A. T. 



The next objective point is F, a very high cleared hill south of 

 the village of Carmel. This hill reaches an elevation of 360 feet 

 above Carmel, which is given as 939 feet A. T. From F the view is 

 as grand and extensive as from Peach Orchard hill at C. The points 

 most interesting in this study are the broad valley extending to the 

 northeast to Cynthiana and filled with an arm of the Flats, and an- 

 other broad valley very similar to the last, but stretching off" to the 

 southeast. The view to the northeast reaches to the horizon along a 

 continuous valley. The view along the valley to the southeast is termi- 

 nated in five or six miles by a line of hills, which are later found to 

 be the hills forming the eastern wall of the Brush creek valley. 



After observing a few land marks that will aid the recognition of 

 our point of view, we descend into the valley again and traverse its 

 rolling surface to Cynthiana. Here the drift shows a mean elevation 

 of 200 feet above Paint creek, 1000 feet, A. T. Ascending a hill, G, 

 just south of the village, our landmark at C is easily located, and it 

 at once becomes evident that the axis of the valley, observed from C, 

 passes east of Cynthiana and farther to the southwest. 



