SECTION FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO POUND. GAP. Le. 
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hickories abound, with the other swamp timbers previously 
noted. No chestnut is to be seen after crossing Cumberland 
river, and the usual upland and lowland timbers are met with 
in succession, without any change worthy of note, for some 
miles. Little River flows, at the point crossed here, over a bed 
of St. Louis limestone, and has scarcely any bottom or swamp 
soil proper, and, consequently, no swamp timbers. 
After leaving Little River, the country is high, dry, and 
only slightly rolling, for three or four miles. The timbers are 
poor and valueless, with the exception of some black cherries 
and one hackberry found on this high level. 
About six and one half miles from Cadiz, toward Hopkins- 
ville, in a slight depression, pin oak, white hickory, black and 
sweet gum, sycamore, some black ash and honey locust, are 
to be noted. Nota white oak is to be found. The high, dry, 
nearly level stretch spoken of above lasts, with no surface 
water, until Hopkinsville is reached. There is nothing wor- 
thy of note in the timbers, except that upland and swamp 
laurel oak are plenty. 
After passing Hopkinsville, we begin to leave the St. 
Louis limestone, and approach the Chester sandstone, which 
already caps the highest hills. Some of the timbers normally 
found upon it. though, are absent. The introduction of red 
oak, forming the larger part of the forest growth, is a marked 
feature in passing onto the calcareous limestone and lower 
Chester from the St. Louis limestone. Scarlet oaks crown 
the hill tops. and post oaks are found in depressions, or large- 
ly on the hill-sides de/ow the Chester. ‘The latter feature is 
local, however, as on a high hill, about five miles from Hop- 
kinsville, post oaks extend up onto the Chester. The black- 
jack, however, is clustered around the hills just at the base 
of the Chester, and this I noticed to be generally true. Su- 
gar maple, bartram oak, swamp chestnut oak, white elm, and 
black ash are found in considerable quantities along the 
streams, 
For six or eight miles beyond Hopkinsville, toward Fair- 
view, the timbers change little in kind or quality from those 
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