SECTION FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO POUND GAP. 35 
From Jackson to the mouth of Troublesome Creek, sever 
miles out toward Hazard, we pass right along North Fork 
of Kentucky river, with the usual lowland timbers along the 
river, and no changes of moment on the hills. Our route now 
lay up Troublesome Creek to Lost Creek; up Lost Creek 
to its head waters, across the divide onto Lot’s Creek, and 
Mefence to Hazard. The hill timbers along this course are 
very similar to those already given on Twin Creek, and the 
forests are everywhere of the finest. The question of dis- 
tribution, as affected by height above drainage, which is the 
most important one that presents itself in this part of the 
State, will be, as I have previously said, illustrated and dis- 
cussed separately. 
A list of the timbers noted in the Troublesome Creek re- 
gion, includes white, black, and pig hickory, white oak, holly, 
black and blue ash, white ash, black walnut, liriodendron, 
chestnut, black gum, black and gray birch, winged elm, white, 
rock, black and mountain maple, redbud, mulberry, red oak, 
black oak, mountain chestnut oak. scarlet oak, beeches, black 
cherry, hawthorn, red haw, big buckeye, black locust, linden, 
water beech, silver poplar, cucumber and umbrella trees, 
swamp chestnut oak, sycamore, bartram oak, scrub red oak, 
magnolia (/vazer'), pines, cedar, hemlock, elm (vacenzosa), 
American laurels (rhododendron and kalmia). spicewood, pa- 
paw, pith elder, willows, persimmon, dogwood (green and low 
cornel), black sumach, and swamp alder. The scrub red oak 
is probably the z/czfolia of the botanies. The great variety, 
and the richness in valuable timbers, of these forests, I think, 
can scarcely be surpassed. The formation is coal-measure 
sandstone. 
The timbers above given are found, with local variations 
and alternations, until North Fork of Kentucky river is reach- 
ed again at Hazard. The usual swamp timbers are there 
found, and, in addition to them, hazelnut, aspen, and Solo- 
mon’s seal. 
After passing Hazard, the road follows North Fork of Ken- 
tucky river about six and one half miles, to the mouth of 
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