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of the mountain. Ii swept down with velocity, be- 

 coming several rods wide as it reached the valley. 

 It covered Gould Farm with earth, rocks, and logs 

 gathered in its descent to South Adams, and the ma- 

 chinery in the mills in the village, three miles away, 

 was crippled by the sand and water pouring in about 

 the engines; the streets became canals, and boats were 

 necessary to move about in. However, no lives were 

 lost. The formation rock, from the base of Greylock, 

 is laid bare in the path of this landslide. Six to ten 

 terraced ridges, like stone stairs, are revealed in the 

 ascent for some distance, indicating many ages in 

 geological history. Here is evidence of those slowly 

 receding seas and lakes as they drained from the sum- 

 mits down, stair by stair to the winding Ashuilticook 

 River of to-day. 



