Eruption of Long Lake and Mud Lake, in Vermont. 81 
of the lake, the force of the water tore away lar 
— forced rocks out of their asicinelhas = rad an me n varios 
laid bare the surface of 
which had been pre Ss earth ; avin aaa 
projecting a considerable dietanen beyond the line of the 
shore. These effects were most marked towards the 
end. About twenty rods from that end, an exe or 
trench, commences in the bottem of the lake, and continues 
to widen and deepen, until it coincides with the deep gulley 
at the outlet. 
The surface of Mud Lake is at least 30 feet lower, in the 
opinion of the workmen, than before, and has not more than 
half of its original extent. The soft mud from the bottom 
of Long Lake, flowed into Mud Lake,* and took the place 
of the hard, i mud, which originally formed its bed. So 
large was the supply, that Mud Lake is now shallow—having 
been filled up at the bottom, as well as cut off at the top by 
the abrasion of the torrent. I saw perhaps of the 
trees, which had been left in it thirteen years before, standing 
up from its bottom, in various directions ; and the length of 
their stems, above the water, indicated that the depth was 
moderate. Paiore the eal of Long Lake, Mad Lake 
canned I: al down and deposited within 
and around it, so as to render the manufacture of quick-lime 
a regular employment for several of the inhabitants. 
Mr. Blodget, the proprietor of the mill destroyed in Bar- 
ton, instituted a suit against some of the individuals mopar 
in letting out the waters of Long Lake. [In the c 
the , the whole history of the event was brought to ne 
He igid his damages at 1000 dollars ; but, pendente lite, com- 
promised the matter for 100, on condition that each 
favourable circumstance, that Long 
Lake was drained, while the country on Barton River was a 
wilderness. From the singular configuration of the adjacent 
event occurred no material injury was done, and an essential 
* This lake was without a name, until this event procured for it this less 
poetical than Sepbegrtie designation. 
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