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turns, he beholds the most awful anff surprising} ey$de$fi&i9$ e Ji 



sc<gti&iffift&&tiZlM& l itf$l l 8 vaned ^n.. jfte^tj^ppejr^^ aaiorl 

 exlfe*nt["1hat Vi tfe 9 h v na a W Impossible to give any thing, ilil^ej &rm 

 metb<!)th , daKd%scW^tfc(i oP^nem- As we have before obsorveefev 

 the blast has not taken a direct and lofty course, sweeping all 

 befol'&#; 9 aiWPHve !1 fcarf form rib other idea of it, than thftfrjforfj 

 moved with infinite velocity, undulating like the rushing of a 

 mighty sea ; sometimes passing over the spires of the gigantic*'// 

 oaks and elms, and then striking the earth, rebounding and 

 insinuating itself beneath some trees, and levelling othersby 

 its fotce Operating near the earth. On leaving the right hand 

 side^trfthe carriage, drive, w r e find that on the other side ther^um 

 has-been great havoc, and the same singular escapes and 

 selections are visible. As we, approach the mansion, the 

 efTect& ,7 of the hurricane are, if possible, still more striking. 

 In a' magnificent plantation of firs, several have been struck 

 down or torn up ; some of them being from 70 to 80 feet in 

 length.' Happily the mansion was not in the range of the 

 storm; but the destruction exhibited facing the edifice affords 

 a more striking proof of the power of the wind than even 

 any thing we have yet narrated. About half-way between 

 the mansion and the principal lodge were two beautiful 

 clumps of trees, but they have entirely fallen. In one of 

 those clumps, consisting of elms, there are three trees, eacfyjaat 

 10 feet in circumference, and at least 60 feet long, lying; o^uelo 

 each other. They were torn up by the roots, to which are 

 attached many tons of earth, 1 5 feet in breadth. Near them 

 stood a stately fir, nearly 1 1 feet in circumference : the stem, arii 

 has been broken off at about the height of 18 feet from the 

 ground. To the stump are still attached, on one side, several 

 large and graceful branches, which have a very picturesque 

 appear^ceV yi) TOe >, ^eveVec1 1 pari has been blown to a distancQmVii 

 of five or six yards from the foot of the tree, and the greater 

 part of it is covered by the three fallen elms. A few yards to 

 the west of this group stood a clump of firs, which now present 

 nothing but a shapeless mass of splintered trunks, branches, 

 and leaves. On the right of the mansion, and nearer to it 

 than the clumps of which we have just spoken, are a greater* ? 

 number of trees closely planted. The outer trees have 

 escaped, but several of those in the interior have suffered. ; A 

 little in advance of that spot stands the residence of the Rev. 

 Mr. Siddons, the catholic minister of the noble proprietor's v/on^l 

 household. It is embosomed in trees, but escaped uninjureoVisbia 

 except that a pane or two of glass was broken by the flying <3msz 

 splines ™*g^ bedroom of the>d sib 



