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stones, bristled with the shattered part of woodelv-cottages, 

 and with thousands of heavy trees torn up by the roots, anil 

 projeciino- in every direction. In one part you might see a 

 range of peasants' huts whicli the torrent of earth had reache-d 

 .witli just force enougli to overthrow and tear in pieces, but 

 Avithoail brin;;ing soil enough to crtver them. In another 

 werer. mills broken in pieces by huge rocks separated rro^n 

 the top of the mountain, which were even carried hiiih vtp 

 -the opposite side of the Iligi. .Larjre pools of water werfe 

 formed in different parts (jf the ruiJis, and nianv little 

 streams, whose usual channels had been filled up, were 

 burstint^ out in various places, liirds of prey, attracted 

 bv the srnell of dead bodies, were hovering "all over the 

 cvallavx But the general impression made upon us bv the 

 sight of such an extent of desolation, connected too with 

 the idea'.'thit hundreds of wretched cr>,'aiurcs -were at that 

 moment aiive buried under a mass of earth, and inaccessible 

 to the cries and labours' of their friends,' was too horrible to 

 be described or understood. As we travelled along the hor-^ 

 ders of this chaos of mined byiidingsj a 'poor peasant, bear- 

 ing a countenance ghasjly with woe, came up to us toibeg 

 a pie'^e of money. :He hiid three children baried. undtir:thie 

 rains of a cottaae, \\.hiclx he wa-i endeavouring taicleaj- aw£^. 

 A little further on w6'x;anietor!aiT' elevated spoir.which ovejt* 

 looked tlie whole scene. Here' we fcnuVd' a pointer sealed 

 on a rock, and busy in "sketxEhi,iign.itk iliarpors,.": IHe ]xai 

 chofen a' most favourable poiiA;' fiefore him, aT the-.dl? 

 stanceof more than a league, rase i he Rosenberg, from whnse 

 bare side, had rushed the dcstroycr.of all liiis ]\i'c and betiuiy; 

 On his right was the ial:c ofLowertz, pmly'tiiLedrwith the 

 earth of the niountaiii. '■ Oaahert>anks''ofijthis.iakfi Was aH 

 that remained of the town of Lowcrtz. ..jbiiB^ichiirreh was dca 

 moiishcd, but the lower yet sto.od' and tlltrtniiri,-. shattered 

 but not thrown do.vn." The figures wlmiijaiiauiated this' 

 part of .the drawing were a few niiserablerjpfcasants, .irS^ 

 to grope among the wrecks of iheir village. .The ioxe 

 ground of the picture was a wide desolate sweep. of earth auil 

 Hones, relieved by- the shattered roof of a neighbouring cot- 

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