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clude the Natural Bridge, but this scenic feature is within three 
or four miles of the boundary. 
The National Forest Reservation Commission has just ap- 
proved for purchase 54,672 acres of land for national forests in 
the White Mountains, Southern Appalachians, and Arkansas. 
All of these lands solidify the Government holdings and carry 
out the present policy of the commission to consider no lands 
which do not tend to block in with others previously approved for 
purchase. 
The largest tract is one of 31,667 acres in Polk County, Tenn. 
It fills out the entire southern end of what is known as the 
Cherokee Purchase Area. The price approved was $6 an acre. 
