

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE COUNTY. F a . 17 



Five ranges of these hills in Perry county may be speci- 

 fied : 



The first range commences at the Susquehanna river, in 

 the northeast corner of the county, and runs for 25 miles 

 to Roseburg in Saville township. It is perfectly straight 

 for 16 miles, and then bends slightly more southward. It 

 is cut in two by the Juniata river below Millerstown, and 

 again by Buffalo creek 3 miles west of Markelsville. It is 

 also cut, east of the Juniata, by the north branch of Wild- 

 cat run; by two branches of Bargers run, coming from 

 the north ; and the creek which enters the Susquehanna 

 river at Liverpool. 



The second range runs straight for 20 miles as Middle 

 ridge and Middle Bucks Valley ridge, from Roseburg back 

 to the Susquehanna at Montgomery. It forms, with the first 

 range, a solid mass of hill-land, east of Roseburg, around 

 which Buffalo creek curls its headwaters in a semi-circle. 

 It is unbroken by any water- course for 11 miles, from Rose- 

 burg to Newport, Little Buffalo creek flowing at its base 

 the whole distance. The Juniata river gaps it at Newport ; 

 bends north, and passes back through it 2 miles further on ; 

 bends south, passes through it a third time one mile above 

 Baileysburg. In the 5^ miles of its course, between the 

 Juniata and the Susquehanna, it is broken four times by 

 three runs entering the former, and another entering the 

 latter river. 



Tlie third range, short and irregular, is wedged in be- 

 tween Mahoning ridge and Dick's hill, west of the Juniata, 

 2 miles southeast of Bloomfield. 



The fourth range, 20 miles long, starts at the Susque- 

 hanna river in the bend between Montgomery and !S r e\v 

 Buffalo ; is trenched transversely by the Juniata, and then 

 by the Little Juniata ; is broken through successively by 

 three of the northern branches of Sherman's creek, by 

 Sherman's creek itself, and finally near its end by another 

 branch. Two miles east of Oakgrove it curves sharply 

 round to the south and east, and makes 



T7te fifth range, 17 miles long, at the north foot of which 

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