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MARYVILLE, TENN., OCTOBER 9 TO lO. 



There are many springs in the vicinity of Maryville, only a few of which were exam- 

 ined. 



Pistol Creek. — This is a small stream flowing through the town. It is about 15 

 feet wide and i foot deep, and is fed chiefly by springs, some of which are of large size. 



There is one spring a short distance west of the Jackson House which furnishes about 

 350 gallons per minute. Another in the town east of the hotel runs about 450 gallons 

 per minute; its temperature was 59° F. at 6 a. m. when the air was 55° F. 



About 2 miles northeast of the town is a series of small springs, the total flow of 

 which is probably 400 gallons per minute. The temperature is 59° F. 



GREENVILLE, TENN., OCTOBER ID TO II. 



At Greenville, something over 75 miles northeast of Knoxville, only limestone rocks 

 were seen, and they were the only rocks noticed between the two places. This is also 

 a region of springs, and several very good ones are found in and about the town. There 

 is one large spring in the town near the Grand Central Hotel. 



Davis Spring, about i ^ miles northwest of Greenville, is quite a good spring, flowing 

 about 500 gallons per minute. Temperature 59° F., air 84° F. 



Big Spring. — This spring is about 8 miles southwest of Greenville and flows only 

 about 500 gallons per minute. Temperature of water 59° F., air 68° F. 



Nolichucky River. — ^This is a stream of considerable size, flowing westward from the 

 Unaka Mountains through Greene County to the French Broad River southwest of 

 Morristown. It was visited at Love's ferry south of Greenville. At that place it is 

 about 250 feet wide, 10 to 15 feet deep, and has a strong current. The Nolichucky is 

 one of the best fish streams in east Tennessee. Algae, Chara, water cress, Lemna, and 

 other aquatic vegetation are abundant in the springs and little streams flowing from them 

 and in protected places in the river. 



Roaring Fork. — We visited Roaring Fork about 5 miles northeasterly from Green- 

 ville. In all directions rock, soil, and timber were much the same; soil red and thin 

 on the hills, lighter colored and thicker in the valleys ; on the hills forests of oak and chest- 

 nut with occasional pines and hickories. In the valleys sycamore, maple, elm, and 

 willow were common; beech, mulberry, black walnut, whitewood, redbud, and others 

 were seen. 



TAZEWELL, TENN., OCTOBER 12 TO 1 4. 



Tazewell, Claiborne County, is about 40 miles north and a little east of Knoxville. 

 The rock of this region is chiefly limestone which is readily soluble, as evidenced by the 

 numerous caves of considerable size. Tazewell is 100 to 150 feet below the summits 

 along the divide between Powell and Clinch Rivers, both of which flow southwesterly, 

 each about 6 miles from Tazewell, the former to the north and the latter to the south. 

 The town is 400 to 450 feet above the level of the rivers. The country is rocky and 

 broken, abounding in steep slopes, narrow valleys, and rapid streams. The rocks are 

 mainly limestones, but we saw one thin bed of shale; soil scanty; agriculture practi- 

 cable only in the narrow valleys; forests of oak, pine, chestnut, sassafras, persimmon, 

 etc., on the higher slopes, with maple, hickory, box elder, ash, willow, etc., along the 

 stream. Near the railway station there is an opening into a large cave and other caves 

 are found in the immediate vicinity. 



