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spot it appears to have been carried almost entirely around, 

 removing all the turf from a space about four feet square, 

 and throwing up the earth to the distance of six feet ; the 

 plough was broken so as to be worthless. Various light 

 objects of clothing have been found in the neighboring 

 towns ; a sheet was found in Franklin, three miles east in 

 a straight line ; and a silk frock, with a bonnet, was found 

 in Streetsborongh, a distance of five miles, in a direction 

 east north east. 



My principal object in examining the ground has been to 

 determine the direction of the wind's motion. This may be 

 done tolerably well by observing the bearings of the fallen 

 trees. Trees will usually fall very nearly in the direction 

 of the wind which uproots them. I have therefore meas- 

 ured with a compass the direction of a very large number 

 of the trees throughout that part of the track where the 

 wind was most violent. On the north side of the road and 

 close by the barn B, on the west side of it, one tree fell 

 S. 7 E., another south, and another S. 9 W. Back of the 

 house C, the trees fell S. 42 E. ; S. 31 E. ; and S. 12 E. 

 A little further east, between the houses C and D, several 

 apple trees fell in the direction S. 6 E. ; S. 12 E. ; S. 31 E. ; 

 S. 42 E. ; S. 68 E. Those nearest the road were generally 

 more inclined to the south than those near the borders of 

 the track, but this rule was not without exceptions. Almost 

 exactly north from the house D, and at the distance of 

 about thirty rods, a tree fell S. 49 W. A little farther east, 

 an old tree, but a stout one, fell directly towards the barn 

 E, which bore S. 16 E. ; and still farther east, being directly 

 north from the barn, and distant about twenty rods, an oak 

 tree, two feet in diameter, but somewhat decayed, fell 

 S. 54 W. In this neighborhood, the whole number of trees 

 was very small. Still further east, near the house G, but 

 west of it, the trees fell S. 26 *E. ; S. 82 W. ; N. 86 W. 



Passing over now to the south side of the road, a few 

 rods beyond the barn B, the trees were generally turned 



