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NEWTON COUNTY. 



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No. 9.— ROUND-TO P PEAK OF THE JUDAH MOUNTAIN OF THE BOSTON RANGE, TAKEN FROM JASPER, 



THE COUNTY SEAT OF NEWTON COUNTY. 



This is one of the most mountainous counties of Arkansas. Several of 

 the most conspicuous peaks of the Boston range attain here an elevation 

 of more than 1,000 feet above the general drainage of the country. 



The wood-cut sketch at the head of this section, represents one of these 

 peaks as seen from Jasper, the county seat of Newton County, and known 

 under the name of the Round-top peak of the Judah mountain of the 

 Boston range. 



On the 21st of June, 18*58, I set out with the intention of measuring the 

 elevation of this peak above the Hudson fork of Buffalo, but was pre- 

 vented from accomplishing my object by a violent thunderstorm, which I 

 encountered about 07ie-third of the distance up this mountain, and my 

 limited time induced me to postpone its further ascent until the detailed 



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