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48. Eruption of Long Lake and Mud Lake, in Vermont. 
to be pushed away; the torrent, receiving a momentary 
check, became narrower and higher, and left deposits of sand 
and of trees in the valley, and frequently on the high grounds. 
The forests were thus levelled, and the —— continued 
some distance below the mill of Mr. Blodget, 14 miles from 
the lake. ‘There, owing to the widening of the bills, and the 
more cleared state of the Pe cage hi it gradually spent its force, 
thongs many its violence are witnessed all the 
MarpEremason: Through the more level — 
coat, the excavation which it left to indicate its path, 
varied from 30 to 60 rods in width, while its average depth 
was probably from 10 to 15, feet. + 
inhabitant of Barton, who was standing at the time on 
a high aru, told me, that, hearing the noise, he looked 
the stream saw the flood marching rapidly forward, 
opening itself a path through the valley, and bearing a moy- 
ing forest on its very top; so that those who were with him 
gave the alarm, that the forest from Glover was coming down 
upon Barton, The house of a Mr. Gould, in Barton, stand- 
ne 15 feet above high-water mark, was within the track.of 
the torrent; and himself and his wife were at home. Alarm- 
ed by the noise, he caught his wife in his arms, and carried 
her up the bank}; yet it was with the utmost difficulty that 
escaped. The water rose to the eaves of the house, 
and removed it from its foundation ; deus: emeeeetitegninst 
some a sat roan: eihsleme ane 4 a — 
remained there when the flood had P eapented, The 
away, as was every bridge on Barton river, between Mud 
“ me tite deposits of sand were very extensive; and the 
swamps. he former, so far as they received the de epos 
were left mere fields of barren sand; while the latter were 
converted by ces in a short time, into the richest meadows. 
swamp, to the amount of two hundred acres, and severa! 
others to the amount of three hundred more, were thus recov- 
effected by the deposition were different:in different : 
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