136 Account of a Remarkable Storm. 
from oe poured down the precipice with such —-* 
root all the trees in its course, down to the bot- 
‘ins a Piitsnce of several hundred feet. The. Premiere is 
rapid from the foot of the precipice to the bottom of the 
mountain. Throughout this distance a large ravine was 
formed. All the trees, and earth, and stones beneath, were 
washed away down to the solid rock, which lay below ; and 
the whole mass except the trees was precipitated beyond 
the road, which winds near the base, upon a tract of arable 
and cheadow land which it covered as I was informed by 
Mr. $8. a gentleman who had examined the ground with at~ 
tention, to the extent of two acres, and to the depth of from 
six to ten feet. No water, if I am not misinformed, has 
been known to ran in this place, heretofore. The descent 
of the water down the precipice occasioned a loud roaring 
sound, like that of distant rolling thunder, and ae no 
small astonishment at the distance of a mile 
On the eastern declivity of the same mountain, about two 
miles ese of Madison church, a portion of ground about 
4 feet in length, and of about the'éame breadth, was 
moved f four feet. This 
ground, and all that adjoining to it, was previously covered 
with forest trees. The trees on this plat were all borne 
away. Itseems remarkable that the excavation commen- 
ced suddenly, being of the full width, and depth, at the top. 
Neither was there any appearance of water having run from 
the grounds above, the decayed leaves and brush wood be- 
ing in place. I have not examined this spot, but received 
the above particulars from a respectable farmer, residing in 
is neighbourhood. 
A a south-western course ral Madison, distant from one 
to two miles, thereis a high and sharpridge, on which are sev- 
eral similar ravages. This ridge or mountain, which is upwards 
of four hundred feet in perpendicular height, above the plain 
ow, was throughout, so far as can be seen on the eastern 
side, Séneekd thickly oath fonoee trees. The eastern accliv- 
ity is as steep generally, as the sharp roof of a dwelling 
ho The largest excavation is about two hundred and 
aie acclivity, I could not measure its length, or or the width at 
the I estimated the height to exceed three | 
feet. Tracing it from the bottom up the acclivity, about 
