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head of Stump Creek I think the land is not quite 

 as valuble for farming as it is farther north, toward 

 the state line, beyond which it is excellent From 

 the source of Stump Creek the land is good for about 

 ten miles, when the surface becomes very uneven, 

 as it is near the river, on most of the streams. Be- 

 tween the Keiizua and Stump Creek I have seen 

 cherry trees from two to three feet in diameter, 

 straight, and nearly sixty feet to the fir6t branch. 

 White- wood is also interspersed through this region, 

 of the finest quality, and growing to an immense 

 size. Groves of smali cherry trees, from six to fif- 

 teen inches in diameter, were quite numerous, and 

 aiinUar groves of white ash were often met with in 

 places where the first growth had been prostrated 

 bv the wind. 



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