OF ARKANSAS. 81 
“NEWTON COUNTY. 
No. 9.—ROUND-TOP 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, 1858, 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 one-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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