20 REPORT ON THE TIMBERS OF THE NORTH 
Height in 
TIMBERS. barometric REMARKS. 
feet. 
Chestnut oak, black gum, sour- The timber here is again that of a high 
wood, pine (/. mtis,) etc. . . 790 mountain side. The mountain slopes 
| only 7° southeast. 
Timber precisely the same as Another mountain crest. The slope of the 
BDOVER ie) | kat aie ome eee 1050 mountain between these two points has 
been so gradual that no change in timber 
has taken place. 
Chestnut, white oak, black locust,| | This is a low divide between two crests 
ANids CHESEDILE Oak: Smee weantet ch fe 1 1030 again, and the chestnut and white oak 
| are very heavy. 
fos. 
* White oak, chestnut, grey birch, This is the mountain top at this point; but 
sugar maple, hickories, etc.. . 1185 in reality it is a gap in the mountain, 
where the distance down to Beech Fork, 
on the north side, is only a few hundred 
feet. 
The south exposure of Pine Mountain, as given above, is a 
gradual slope, whose steepness is just equal to the dip of its 
rock, and is about five miles long. On the north side, on 
the contrary, the rocks jut out, forming an almost precipi- 
tous descent to the waters of Beech Fork, at the base of the 
mountain. On the north side, where the rocks are not too 
precipitous, red oak, Lzrzodendron (very heavy), ash, and hick- 
ories are found. The total absence of Lzrvzodendron on the 
south exposure, except right at the base of the mountain, and 
the total absence of white oak on the north exposure, deserve 
careful notice. 
By merely glancing through the tables given above, it will 
be seen that, as a rule, subject of course to exceptions, near 
the base of a mountain such timbers as white oak, beeches, 
black ash, the magnolias, Lzrzodendron (yellow poplar), red 
oak, white and shag hickory, etc., are found. That none of 
these timbers, except the Lzrtodendron, reaches half way up 
the mountain, but are gradually replaced by chestnut, black 
oak, pin oak, pig and black hickory, linden, etc. That most 
