252 Bursting of Lakes through Mountams. 
Art. V.— Bursting of Lakes through Mountains. 
(Communicated for this Journal by the author.) 
TO PROFESSOR SILLIMAN. 
§ 
torn open by the pressure of Lake Ontario, of which that 
philosophi 
_ The Highlands from West Point are extended almost un- 
broken into Georgia. In Jersey, this range of mountain 
is known by the name of Kittatinny, from a tribe of In- 
dians of that name that occupied a considerable extent of 
‘strict along its base, near where the Delaware river passes 
through it: in Pennsylvania it is distinguished by the name 
of the South Mountain: and in Virginia it is known by the 
aame of the Blue Ridge. 1 would adopt the Indian name, 
and denominate the whole, the Kitiatinny mountain. North 
east of Harrisburgh, it Sweeps round to the south east, cros 
es the Susquehannah aboye Culumbia, and returns in a cif- 
cular course until it regains its ordinary direction, south east 
8 Carlisle. That bend is the lowest part of th 
an range, known by that name in V 
