138 ~ On the Movement of Rocks, 
the rock, the earth was pushed up ina heap, so as to rise 
above the water, declining however at the distance of a 
few inches, obliquely and pretty rapidly. Not far from 
this rock, we saw another much less, attended by the same _ 
phenomena, except that they were diminished in propor- 
tion to its size. The whole appearance of each was just as 
one would expect to find, if both had actually removed 
from their original places towards the shore, throughout 
the length of their respective channels, How these chan- 
nels were formed, or by what cause the earth was heaped 
up in front of these rocks, [leave to the divination of oth- 
ers. The facts 1 have stated, as] believe, exactly.” 
Dr. Dwight continues, ‘* Several years since this ac- 
count was first written, | met with the following paragraph 
in the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 
Vol. III. p. 240.—There is a curiosity to be seen in the 
Long Pond in Bridgton. On the easterly side of the 
pond, about midway, is a cove which extends about one 
hundred rods farther east than the general course of the 
shore—the bottom and the water so shoal, that a man may 
ble circumstances, have an annual motion towards the 
shore. The proof of this is, the mark or tracks left behind 
them, and the bodies of clay driven up before them.— 
ome of these are perhaps two or three tons weight, and 
have left a track several rods behind them, having at least 
acommon cart load of clay before them. These stones 
are many of themcovered with water at all seasons of the 
year. The shore of this cove is lined with these stones 
three feet deep, which it would seem, have crawled out o 
the water. This may afford matter of speculation to the 
natural philosopher.” 
“Until | saw this paragraph, I did not imagine that a 
story, such as I received at Salisbury, would ever be re- 
peated.””—Vol. III. p. 245, 
Upon the preceding statement, the English reviewer re- 
marks: “‘ Dr. Dwight has not stated the size of the rock 
which is said to possess this extraordinary power of loco- 
motion. If he had, it is possible that a story, which in an- 
other of his journals he relates of the Oneidas, might ex- 
1 the 2 shi Those Indians regard a large 
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